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Re: Where to put my basename() and dirname() implementation...
- From: "Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin at exposure dot org dot uk>
- To: <cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:28:54 -0000
- Subject: Re: Where to put my basename() and dirname() implementation...
Sorry I'm still at work and my source is at home so as soon as I get home I
will send off this magical patch.
While on the topic of copyright assignment would this be required? The patch
adds about 40-50 lines...
Elfyn
elfyn@exposure.org.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
To: <cygwin-patches@cygwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: Where to put my basename() and dirname() implementation...
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
> >
> > I don't want to add any more libiberty routines to cygwin since the
> > licensing is suspect. So, please follow the normal submission rules.
> > Probably miscfuncs.cc is the place to add this.
> >
>
> That make sense. Unlike many of the other functions in libiberty, The
> basename() function itself in libiberty/basename.c is public domain --
> which may be good for our purposes, or it may be bad (I dunno, and cgf
> has already made the call: it's "suspect". Fair enough.) In any case,
> it does no harm to have "our" own version that can be copyright-assigned
> to Red Hat and distributed under the Cygwin license.
>
> --Chuck
>
>
>