Re: Discussion about why GNU/Linux system upgrades cause old programs to break

Arsen Arsenović <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Richard Stallman <[email protected]> writes:

>   > I am not sure, but I have a feeling that the removal from C99 with
>   > _GNU_SOURCE was likely not intended (at least, I don't see the use in
>   > doing so personally).
>
> It seems we agree.

I've checked, the removal of 'gets' with _GNU_SOURCE was definitely
intended, but no rationale was provided for it.

I also couldn't find any discussion in ML archives.

I've sent a proposal to libc-alpha to recover 'gets' even if _GNU_SOURCE
is present in C99 mode.

It's currently waiting for comments.
-- 
Arsen Arsenović
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