Clarify the docs. (#162747, Crispin Flowerday)

2005-01-02  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>

	* glib/gutils.c (g_setenv, g_unsetenv): Clarify the
	docs.  (#162747, Crispin Flowerday)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1b4fb2155482328194f0a21164352631795aaf9a..5ce084867c7e23d715057b012376029e6e0e0c23 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-02  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+       * glib/gutils.c (g_setenv, g_unsetenv): Clarify the 
+       docs.  (#162747, Crispin Flowerday)
+
 2005-01-01  J. Ali Harlow  <ali@juiblex.co.uk>
 
        * configure.in: Don't use AC_TRY_RUN to test for long long format

diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index 1b4fb2155482328194f0a21164352631795aaf9a..5ce084867c7e23d715057b012376029e6e0e0c23 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-02  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+       * glib/gutils.c (g_setenv, g_unsetenv): Clarify the 
+       docs.  (#162747, Crispin Flowerday)
+
 2005-01-01  J. Ali Harlow  <ali@juiblex.co.uk>
 
        * configure.in: Don't use AC_TRY_RUN to test for long long format

diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-12 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-12
index 1b4fb2155482328194f0a21164352631795aaf9a..5ce084867c7e23d715057b012376029e6e0e0c23 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-12
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-12
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-02  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+       * glib/gutils.c (g_setenv, g_unsetenv): Clarify the 
+       docs.  (#162747, Crispin Flowerday)
+
 2005-01-01  J. Ali Harlow  <ali@juiblex.co.uk>
 
        * configure.in: Don't use AC_TRY_RUN to test for long long format

diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
index 1b4fb2155482328194f0a21164352631795aaf9a..5ce084867c7e23d715057b012376029e6e0e0c23 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-02  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+       * glib/gutils.c (g_setenv, g_unsetenv): Clarify the 
+       docs.  (#162747, Crispin Flowerday)
+
 2005-01-01  J. Ali Harlow  <ali@juiblex.co.uk>
 
        * configure.in: Don't use AC_TRY_RUN to test for long long format

diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
index 1b4fb2155482328194f0a21164352631795aaf9a..5ce084867c7e23d715057b012376029e6e0e0c23 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-02  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+       * glib/gutils.c (g_setenv, g_unsetenv): Clarify the 
+       docs.  (#162747, Crispin Flowerday)
+
 2005-01-01  J. Ali Harlow  <ali@juiblex.co.uk>
 
        * configure.in: Don't use AC_TRY_RUN to test for long long format

diff --git a/glib/gutils.c b/glib/gutils.c
index c7de241230b892ffd2a26593b322ba1a8d0340b9..f717c0de61060af9beeb381e1ef59dc365d51d55 100644 (file)
--- a/glib/gutils.c
+++ b/glib/gutils.c
@@ -1035,8 +1035,8 @@ g_getenv (const gchar *variable)
  * they can be any sequence of bytes. On Windows, they should be in
  * UTF-8.
  *
- * Note that on some systems, the memory used for the variable and its value 
- * can't be reclaimed later.
+ * Note that on some systems, when variables are overwritten, the memory 
+ * used for the previous variables and its value isn't reclaimed.
  *
  * Returns: %FALSE if the environment variable couldn't be set.
  *
@@ -1149,8 +1149,9 @@ extern char **environ;
  * 
  * Removes an environment variable from the environment.
  *
- * Note that on some systems, the memory used for the variable and its value 
- * can't be reclaimed. Furthermore, this function can't be guaranteed to operate in a 
+ * Note that on some systems, when variables are overwritten, the memory 
+ * used for the previous variables and its value isn't reclaimed.
+ * Furthermore, this function can't be guaranteed to operate in a 
  * threadsafe way.
  *
  * Since: 2.4