strdup: undeprecate, IRIX 6.5 needs it

Reported by Simon Josefsson.

* modules/strdup (Status): No longer obsolete.
* doc/posix-functions/strdup.texi (strdup): Document this.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 18cb1a8..4b8802a 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-05-21  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+       strdup: undeprecate, IRIX 6.5 needs it
+       * modules/strdup (Status): No longer obsolete.
+       * doc/posix-functions/strdup.texi (strdup): Document this.
+
 2012-05-21  Simon Josefsson  <simon@josefsson.org>
 
        select: Fix build error on IRIX 6.5.

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/strdup.texi b/doc/posix-functions/strdup.texi
index f654a3c..f4ce7b4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/strdup.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/strdup.texi
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ Gnulib module: strdup or strdup-posix
 Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{strdup} or @code{strdup-posix}:
 @itemize
 @item
-This function is missing on some old platforms.
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+IRIX 6.5.
 @item
 This function has no prototype in @code{<string.h>} on some old platforms.
 @end itemize

diff --git a/modules/strdup b/modules/strdup
index 619ec01..fe2cd7f 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/strdup
+++ b/modules/strdup
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 Description:
 strdup() function: duplicate a string.
 
-Status:
-obsolete
-
-Notice:
-This module is obsolete. But you may want to use the strdup-posix module.
-
 Files:
 lib/strdup.c
 m4/strdup.m4