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> * Christopher Faylor <pts-ab-crefbany-ercyl-cyrnfr AT pltjva DOT pbz> [2005-12-07 15:01:32 -0500]:
>
> On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 04:32:57PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote:
>>http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/unsetenv.html
>>#include <stdlib.h>
>>int unsetenv(const char *name);
>
> Actually we emulate linux not SUSv3.

interesting.  since linux tries to emulate SUS, maybe it is a good idea
to aim towards SUS directly?

> The linux man page (i.e., the ones that Corinna and I can access)
> seems to contradict its header files, though, so I've modified cygwin
> to use what linux actually does rather than what linux documents.

could you please also report the bug (header - man page discrepancy) to
the linux people?

thanks a lot!

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