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strdup.3: Function appeared in 4.3BSD-Reno, not 4.4BSD
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Authored by jrtc27 on Nov 27 2020, 1:57 AM.
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Linux claims 4.3BSD, we claim 4.4BSD and OpenBSD claims 4.3BSD-Reno. It turns
out that OpenBSD got it right: the function was added in late 1988 a few months
after 4.3BSD-Tahoe, well in advance of 4.3BSD-Reno.

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Approved, thanks for digging up the history.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Nov 28 2020, 11:06 AM