On 6/20/2010 2:31 AM, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Tested on cygwin, mingw, linux, and works. But, given the issues
> raised above...comments? discussion? Additional testing on esoteric
> platforms? OK to push?
> 
> NOTE: From the autoconf manual:
>   Posix prefers `setenv' to `putenv'; among other things, `putenv'
>   is not required of all Posix implementations, but `setenv' is.
> Unfortunately, MinGW and MSVC do not provide setenv but DO provide
> _putenv.  Unless we want to extend the test using a custom
> setenv implementation in terms of putenv for these two platforms,
> (as done in the cwrapper code), and otherwise use setenv...this
> seems simpler. But if we really CAN'T rely on putenv's presence...
> 
> Maybe uglification is the better way to go for this issue.

Ping?

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Chuck

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