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* Updating common/lib * Updating lib/csu * Updating lib/libc * Updating libexec/ld.elf_so * Corrected test on __minix in featuretest to actually follow the meaning of the comment. * Cleaned up _REENTRANT-related defintions. * Disabled -D_REENTRANT for libfetch * Removing some unneeded __NBSD_LIBC defines and tests Change-Id: Ic1394baef74d11b9f86b312f5ff4bbc3cbf72ce2
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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Chris Torek.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)bcopy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $NetBSD: bcopy.3,v 1.14 2012/05/05 21:24:19 dholland Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd May 5, 2012
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.Dt BCOPY 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bcopy
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.Nd copy byte string
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In strings.h
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.Ft void
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.Fn bcopy "const void *src" "void *dst" "size_t len"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn bcopy
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function
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copies
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.Fa len
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bytes from string
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.Fa src
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to string
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.Fa dst .
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The two strings may overlap.
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If
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.Fa len
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is zero, no bytes are copied.
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.Pp
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This function is obsolete.
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The functions
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.Xr memcpy 3
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and/or
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.Xr memmove 3
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should be used instead.
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Note that
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.Fn bcopy
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takes its
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.Fa src
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and
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.Fa dst
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arguments in the opposite order from these.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr memccpy 3 ,
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.Xr memcpy 3 ,
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.Xr memmove 3 ,
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.Xr strcpy 3 ,
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.Xr strncpy 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn bcmp
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function conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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The
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.St -p1003.1-2004
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revision marked it as legacy; the
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.St -p1003.1-2008
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revision removed it from the specification.
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Fn bcopy
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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