A NOTE has been added to this issue. ====================================================================== https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1598 ====================================================================== Reported By: alanc Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: 1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2 Issue ID: 1598 Category: System Interfaces Type: Enhancement Request Severity: Editorial Priority: normal Status: New Name: Alan Coopersmith Organization: Oracle Solaris User Reference: Section: putenv Page Number: (page or range of pages) Line Number: (Line or range of lines) Interp Status: --- Final Accepted Text: ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2022-08-06 17:37 UTC Last Modified: 2022-10-25 10:56 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: putenv should be allowed to fail with EINVAL ======================================================================
---------------------------------------------------------------------- (0006013) geoffclare (manager) - 2022-10-25 10:56 https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1598#c6013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Suggested changes... On page 1751 line 56642 section putenv(), change:<blockquote>The <i>putenv</i>() function shall use the <i>string</i> argument to set environment variable values. The <i>string</i> argument should point to a string of the form "<i>name</i>=<i>value</i>". The <i>putenv</i>() function shall make the value of the environment variable <i>name</i> equal to <i>value</i> by altering an existing variable or creating a new one. In either case, the string pointed to by <i>string</i> shall become part of the environment, so altering the string shall change the environment.</blockquote>to:<blockquote>The <i>putenv</i>() function shall use the <i>string</i> argument to set, or optionally unset, an environment variable value:<ul> <li>If the <i>string</i> argument points to a string of the form "<i>name</i>=<i>value</i>", where <i>name</i> is a valid name, the <i>putenv</i>() function shall make the value of the environment variable with that name equal to <i>value</i> by altering an existing variable or creating a new one. In either case, the string pointed to by <i>string</i> shall become part of the environment, so altering the string shall change the environment.</li> <li>If the <i>string</i> argument points to a string containing a valid name, the <i>putenv</i>() function shall either remove the environment variable with that name (if it exists) from the environment or fail with <i>errno</i> set to [EINVAL].</li> <li>Otherwise, the behavior is unspecified.</li></ul></blockquote> After page 1751 line 56652 section putenv(), add:<blockquote>[EINVAL]<blockquote>The <i>string</i> argument points to a string that is not of the form "<i>name</i>=<i>value</i>", where <i>name</i> is a valid name.</blockquote></blockquote> Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2022-08-06 17:37 alanc New Issue 2022-08-06 17:37 alanc Name => Alan Coopersmith 2022-08-06 17:37 alanc Organization => Oracle Solaris 2022-08-06 17:37 alanc Section => putenv 2022-08-06 17:37 alanc Page Number => (page or range of pages) 2022-08-06 17:37 alanc Line Number => (Line or range of lines) 2022-08-08 09:02 geoffclare Note Added: 0005926 2022-08-08 09:04 geoffclare Project 1003.1(2013)/Issue7+TC1 => 1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2 2022-10-25 10:56 geoffclare Note Added: 0006013 ======================================================================
