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memchr: Work around bug on Android <= 5.0. * m4/memchr.m4 (gl_FUNC_MEMCHR): Add test against the Android bug. * doc/posix-functions/memchr.texi: Mention the Android bug.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Fri, 25 Jan 2019 03:54:09 +0100
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@node memchr
@section @code{memchr}
@findex memchr

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/memchr.html}

Gnulib module: memchr or memchr-obsolete

Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{memchr} or @code{memchr-obsolete}:
@itemize
@item
This function dereferences too much memory on some platforms:
glibc 2.10 on x86_64, IA-64; glibc 2.11 on Alpha.
@item
This function returns NULL if the character argument is not in the range
of an @code{unsigned char} on some platforms:
Android 5.0.
@end itemize

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{memchr-obsolete}:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some older platforms.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize