Bug 238672 - char **environ should be declared in some system header (?)
Summary: char **environ should be declared in some system header (?)
Status: New
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Product: Base System
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Component: misc (show other bugs)
Version: CURRENT
Hardware: Any Any
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Reported: 2019-06-17 22:16 UTC by Yuri Victorovich
Modified: 2019-07-04 11:07 UTC (History)
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Description Yuri Victorovich freebsd_committer 2019-06-17 22:16:28 UTC 
Currently the man man page doesn't mention any header to include for 'environ':
> NAME
>      environ — user environment
>
> SYNOPSIS
>      extern char **environ;

Shouldn't there be a header where it is declared?
Comment 1 Tijl Coosemans freebsd_committer 2019-07-04 11:07:01 UTC 
No, it "must be declared by the user if it is to be used directly," according to https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/environ.html.  Perhaps the man page should make that more clear.