From: Petr Baudis <pasky-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printf.3: Add a note about sprintf(s, "%s", s)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:37:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081219173733.GC13134@machine.or.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cfd18e0f0812190857k187ca48ct9ee6da3b0c5a9e06-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
Hi,
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:57:05AM -0500, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> I agree that there's a problem with the page, but I don't think this
> patch is sufficient, nor does is it made in quite the right place.
> (This isn't a point that relates specifically to "%s", but rather to
> the *s*printf() functions.)
>
> I made a much bigger change that goes into more detail. The patch,
> destined for 3.16, is shown below. Does it look okay to you?
I agree that it is better. Just out of curiosity, can you think of any
other conversions than %s that would cause this? Maybe I missed
something obvious but I could not think of anything.
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Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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in the morning feeling just terrible. -- Jean Kerr
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-19 17:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-07 23:37 [PATCH] printf.3: Add a note about sprintf(s, "%s", s) Petr Baudis
[not found] ` <20081207233721.GN10491-DDGJ70k9y3lX+M3pkMnKjw@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-19 16:57 ` Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <cfd18e0f0812190857k187ca48ct9ee6da3b0c5a9e06-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-19 17:37 ` Petr Baudis [this message]
[not found] ` <20081219173733.GC13134-DDGJ70k9y3lX+M3pkMnKjw@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-19 18:38 ` Michael Kerrisk
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