Subject: Re: environ(7)
To: None <JUENGST@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de>
From: J.T. Conklin <jconklin@netcom.com>
List: current-users
Date: 11/07/1994 10:42:28
> I'm missing the declaration of extern char **environ; in a system
> header file. May be it should be in stdlib.h (or unistd.h?).
As far as I know, there are no standards that require environ to be
declared in any header file. Most UNIX and UN*X compatibile systems do
not define it either.
Since environ is considered to be an obsolete interface, I recommend that
its definition not be added to any of NetBSD's header files.
--jtc