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Re: [PATCH 08/21] get_shared_library_fullname: port to EMX


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/21] get_shared_library_fullname: port to EMX
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:34:46 +0100
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Eric Blake wrote:
> >>> +#define strncmp strnicmp
> >>
> >> stricmp is a non-standard case-insensitive comparator.  Why not use
> >> the standardized strcasecmp instead?  Similarly for strncasecmp.
> >>
> > 
> > EMX does not have strcasecmp et al.
> 
> But gnulib does.  Why not depend on the gnulib module?

Because the module 'relocatable-lib' gets included in every relocatable
library; therefore it's desirable to minimize its source code dependencies.

Similarly, the module 'relocatable-prog-wrapper' has already enough
dependencies.

Bruno




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