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Re: [open-source] Re: Wish for 2002 ...
- From: <mouring at etoh dot eviladmin dot org>
- To: James Antill <james at and dot org>
- Cc: Markus Friedl <markus at openbsd dot org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds at transmeta dot com>, Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun dot com>, <leclerc at austin dot sns dot slb dot com>, <security-audit at ferret dot lmh dot ox dot ac dot uk>, <libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com>, <openssh at openbsd dot org>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:31:29 -0600 (CST)
- Subject: Re: [open-source] Re: Wish for 2002 ...
[..]
> I see you are listed in the CREDITS file so here's a free clue...
>
You waste your venon on me. I have no vested interest in glibc.
I was just making a comment on OpenSSH code. I could careless what
you shove into glibc nor what crappy unreadable method of 'optimizing'
you use.
And had I realized I was walking into a "strl* should be in glibc" fight I
would have never bothred to post.
> /* non portable - easy */
>
> if (apsrintf(&p, "%s%s", challenge, PROMPT) < 0)
> /* error path -- looks like call abort() from above */;
>
hmm.. If you are whining about portablity.. snprintf() works as well and
is portable to most platforms (that don't have a borken snprintf()
versions). But I would never suggest using it unless one was looking to
do a quick and dirty application.
- Ben