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		dundarious on Oct 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Getaddrinfo() on glibc calls getenv(), oh boy Yes, on Linux you can even write `int main(int argc, char* argv[], char* envp[])`.

o11c on Oct 17, 2023 [–]

`envp` is unsafe after `setenv` even in single-threaded programs though. So you really should use `environ`.

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