From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: cppcheck mentions format string error
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 14:04:38 -0500
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On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 07:52:02PM +0100, Toralf F=F6rster wrote:
 > heise.de reported about a security flaw in xorg-server found by cppc=
heck - so I just gave it a try.
 >=20
 > It reports :
 >=20
 > ~/devel/trinity $ cppcheck ./ --force --quiet
 > [devices.c:90]: (warning) %a in format string (no. 2) requires 'floa=
t *' but the argument type is 'char * *'.
 >=20
 >=20
 > Is it correct ?
=20
no. Looks like it doesn't understand the gnu %as extension, and thinks =
it's %a followed by 's'.

That extension isn't C99, but given portability isn't really a goal for=
 trinity, I'm
not overly bothered by it.

	Dave