+
+int free_and_strdup(char **p, const char *s) {
+ char *t;
+
+ assert(p);
+
+ /* Replaces a string pointer with an strdup()ed new string,
+ * possibly freeing the old one. */
+
+ if (s) {
+ t = strdup(s);
+ if (!t)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ } else
+ t = NULL;
+
+ free(*p);
+ *p = t;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int sethostname_idempotent(const char *s) {
+ int r;
+ char buf[HOST_NAME_MAX + 1] = {};
+
+ assert(s);
+
+ r = gethostname(buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if (r < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ if (streq(buf, s))
+ return 0;
+
+ r = sethostname(s, strlen(s));
+ if (r < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ return 1;
+}