compat: remove memcpy -> memmove backwards compatibility alias #21405
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In glib 2.13 memcpy was changed such that the way it copied bytes was reversed. This caused all sorts of issues for existing software, which depended on the existing behavior (when they should have been using memmove). See: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12518 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638477 Now that we require glibc 2.17+ (bitcoin#17538), we should be well clear of having to maintain our memcpy -> memmove aliasing, which was introduced in bitcoin#4339.
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Nice to see this somewhat scary code go if it is no longer needed. |
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backport: bitcoin#16597, bitcoin#17176, bitcoin#14794, bitcoin#17205, bitcoin#17240, bitcoin#17367, bitcoin#18862, bitcoin#21405 (ci reworking: part 2)
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In glib 2.13 memcpy was changed such that the way it copied bytes was reversed.
This caused all sorts of issues for existing software, which depended on the
existing behavior (when they should have been using memmove). See:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12518
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638477
Now that we require glibc 2.17+ (#17538), we should be well clear of having to
maintain our memcpy -> memmove aliasing, which was introduced in #4339.
Gitian builds:
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