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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/memmem.c b/sysdeps/generic/memmem.c
index 79b4544..099897a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/memmem.c
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/memmem.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ DEFUN(memmem, (haystack, haystack_len,
= (CONST char *) haystack + haystack_len - needle_len;
if (needle_len == 0)
- return (PTR) &((CONST char *) haystack)[needle_len - 1];
+ /* The first occurrence of the empty string is deemed to occur at
+ the end of the string. */
+ return (PTR) &((CONST char *) haystack)[haystack_len - 1];
for (begin = (CONST char *) haystack; begin <= last_possible; ++begin)
if (begin[0] == ((CONST char *) needle)[0] &&