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Re: [COMMITED][PATCH] setenv(): fix memory leak when setting large, duplicate string


On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 05:28:48PM -0600, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 07:24:41PM +0100, OndÅej BÃlka wrote:
> > Yes I was planning to do that but decided wait bit if Eric responds.
> 
> If you need a ChangeLog entry you can use the following.  But I would think many
> contributors would prefer that a maintainer takes care of the ChangeLog.  It is
> redundant with the git history and it's impossible for a contributor to know the
> date on which the change will be committed.
> 
> 2015-01-06  Eric Biggers    <ebiggers3@gmail.com>
> 
> 	[BZ #17658]
> 	* stdlib/setenv.c: fix memory leak when setting large, duplicate string

Thanks, I've committed this now.  I agree that the ChangeLog is mostly
redundant with git history (and have advocated getting rid of them in
the past) but there isn't a consensus on this in the glibc project.
That said, the contribution checklist currently requires contributors
to submit a ChangeLog along with their patch.  If you feel strongly
about it, please feel free to discuss this and drive the change in the
contribution checklist.

Siddhesh

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