Re: [RFC] sethostname handling patch series

2012-01-06 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Ben, Ben Walton wrote on 2011-11-30: > I've sent the request for this paperwork. Thank you! The FSF has now received and processed your copyright assignment. You can continue to contribute to gnulib :-) Bruno

Re: [RFC] sethostname handling patch series

2011-12-01 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Ben, > The only point I'm not clear on is the note about using a fixed size > array allocation instead of the dynamic one. Is it acceptable to use > HOST_NAME_MAX + 1 to achieve a size that is known to the compiler at > compile time Yes. Stack allocations are OK up to a size of ca. 4096. HOST

Re: [RFC] sethostname handling patch series

2011-11-30 Thread Ben Walton
Excerpts from Bruno Haible's message of Wed Nov 30 05:29:14 -0500 2011: Hi Bruno, > Your patches look pretty good. In parallel to the tweaking of the > last details, it will be useful to assign the copyright for the > change to the FSF. This is needed because Gnulib is central to many > GNU packa

Re: [RFC] sethostname handling patch series

2011-11-30 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/30/2011 03:29 AM, Bruno Haible wrote: > Hello Ben, > > Your patches look pretty good. In parallel to the tweaking of the last > details, it will be useful to assign the copyright for the change to the > FSF. This is needed because Gnulib is central to many GNU packages. > > To go ahead with

Re: [RFC] sethostname handling patch series

2011-11-30 Thread Bruno Haible
Hello Ben, Your patches look pretty good. In parallel to the tweaking of the last details, it will be useful to assign the copyright for the change to the FSF. This is needed because Gnulib is central to many GNU packages. To go ahead with this, please fill in the form in the file gnulib/doc/Copy

[RFC] sethostname handling patch series

2011-11-29 Thread Ben Walton
Hi Bruno, > Cool. Yes, please, show it! Ok, it's following this reply. I'm sure that it's not ready for inclusion just yet, but I'll polish it until it is using the feedback I receive. As always, comments and criticisms welcomed. > It can also be done later by someone else who is more familia