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Bug#994102: unistd.h: non-null check not correct for getcwd()



On 2021-09-12 12:10, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> On Sun, 2021-09-12 00:16:01 +0200, Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> wrote:
> > On 2021-09-11 22:06, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > > Until glibc's Bugzilla issue is finally resolved
> > > (https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26545), maybe the
> > > Debian package could be changed to drop the access attribute?
> > 
> > No. Once we have patched it, we will have to differ from upstream almost
> > forever, and we want to avoid that. I already have sent a patch [1], I
> > am waiting for feedback.
> 
> Sure, but I hope Debian's libc6-dev won't keep the instrumentation
> enabled even after the patch is accepted upstream to remove it,
> waiting for the next upstream glibc to be pulled for libc6 / libc-dev?

No the point is not to wait for a released version, but to wait for a
decision if this patch is acceptable or if the support for this GNU
extension is simply dropped. In the latter case, the various software
will have to be patched, just like other distributions using glibc >=
2.32 have already done.

Regards,
Aurelien

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