Re: [Bug-gnulib] Re: getline bug?

[Jim Meyering]

Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> getndelim2 has more power than getdelim, and some apps need the extra
>> power.
>>
>> It'd be nice if someone took the time to integrate the extra power
>> into glibc.
>
> It seems integrating getndelim2 into glibc would solve my license
> issue as well, since that would mean relicensing it under LGPL.  So
> I'll attempt this.  Who are the authors of getndelim2?  According to
> ChangeLog, it would be Bruno Haible, Derek Price, Paul Eggert, and Jim
> Meyering.  Is that list complete?  Is relicensing it as lgpl OK, so it
> can be added to glibc?

Fine with me.

> Naturally, it would be up to the glibc maintainers to accept this,
> though.  Which applications need getndelim2?  If it is several GNU
> packages, that might convince them.

Coreutils uses getndelim2 via its getline.c replacement and
directly only via cut.c.