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-rw-r--r--configure.ac5
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 47ef578fb7c..0bfdfbbd8b9 100644
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@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2015-02-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ Don't require GNU putenv
+ * configure.ac: Use system putenv even if it lacks GNU features, as
+ we don't need them. This works around a bug in FreeBSD 10.1 getenv.
+ Fixes: bug#19874
+
2015-02-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Merge from gnulib
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0bcc55c4c20..e7408f11ed4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -780,6 +780,11 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_CRYPTO_CHECK])
# Avoid gnulib's tests for HAVE_WORKING_O_NOATIME and HAVE_WORKING_O_NOFOLLOW,
# as we don't use them.
AC_DEFUN([gl_FCNTL_O_FLAGS])
+# Use the system putenv even if it lacks GNU features, as we don't need them,
+# and the gnulib replacement runs afoul of a FreeBSD 10.1 bug; see Bug#19874.
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([putenv])
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_PUTENV],
+ [test "$ac_cv_func_putenv" = yes || REPLACE_PUTENV=1])
# Initialize gnulib right after choosing the compiler.
dnl Amongst other things, this sets AR and ARFLAGS.