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On 05/04/16 15:49, Rishabh Dave wrote:
> Did fix that - changing function call to GNU style and "suffix_from_env" to
> local variable. The corresponding patch is attached.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 10:36 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> 
>> On 04/04/2016 09:30 AM, Rishabh Dave wrote:
>>
>>> +  char *suffix_from_env;
>>>     size_t ssize;
>>>     bool simple = true;
>>>   +
>>> +  /* If simple_backup_suffix is '~', check environment if we have any
>>> there. */
>>> +  if (strcmp(simple_backup_suffix, "~") == 0)
>>> +    if ((suffix_from_env = getenv("SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX")) != NULL)
>>> +      simple_backup_suffix = xstrdup (suffix_from_env);
>>> +

Sorry for the delay.

I'll apply the attached variant to gnulib instead.
That has the property that --suffix=~ will still override
an env variable of SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.
It also avoids a redundant malloc, and handles empty env variables.

I'll then apply the coreutils patches in your name.

thanks,
Pádraig