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[COMMITTED] stpcpy is part of POSIX.1-2008 [BZ #3629]

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Florian Weimer May 30, 2016, 11:34 a.m. UTC 
2016-05-30  Roland McGrath  <roland@hack.frob.com>

	[BZ #3629]
	* manual/string.texi (Copying Strings and Arrays): stpcpy is part
	of POSIX.1-2008.
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diff --git a/manual/string.texi b/manual/string.texi
index 016fd0b..58a905e 100644
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@@ -612,9 +612,9 @@  and @samp{bar} to produce @samp{foobar}, which it then prints.
 @include stpcpy.c.texi
 @end smallexample
 
-This function is not part of the ISO or POSIX standards, and is not
-customary on Unix systems, but we did not invent it either.  Perhaps it
-comes from MS-DOG.
+This function is part of POSIX.1-2008 and later editions, but was
+available in @theglibc{} and other systems as an extension long before
+it was standardized.
 
 Its behavior is undefined if the strings overlap.  The function is
 declared in @file{string.h}.