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Re: [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination

From: "Gabriel F. T. Gomes" <gabriel at inconstante dot eti dot br>
To: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at gotplt dot org>
Cc: Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder at gmail dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 11:46:45 -0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination
References: <20181220215409.8971-1-gabriel@inconstante.eti.br> <fd68b440-14ce-dd14-fd80-20c80e097e20@cs.ucla.edu> <03d805a8-258c-cefa-4c8d-f4f1d577c3d5@gotplt.org> <9e180abb-7527-5759-0850-e23d0bb23f73@cs.ucla.edu> <20181226201950.GD11055@google.com> <b71e3d74-1e94-bdd5-5d01-b2fe2a69c939@cs.ucla.edu> <0ac86b95-7eaa-e490-57e8-5d9f208a10d3@gotplt.org> <CAKCAbMiMdJCrnTkYQfyG8TNNbKvVTE-orpQacLu1tH3z07jc_g@mail.gmail.com> <5466ebd4-b5b5-37e7-b3de-5851f71c3e11@gotplt.org>

On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 11:15:06AM +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> Thanks, to clarify, is your position that we revert to old behaviour (for
> now) for the default case only or for everything, including _FORTIFY_SOURCE?

The _FORTIFY_SOURCE version did not change behaviour...  Even before
Zack's patches, it would overwrite overlapping buffers.  This means that
this patch, as it is today, reverts all behavior to what it used to be.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination
  - From: Zack Weinberg

References:
- [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination
  - From: Gabriel F. T. Gomes
- Re: [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination
  - From: Paul Eggert
- Re: [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination
  - From: Siddhesh Poyarekar
- Re: [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination
  - From: Paul Eggert
- Re: [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination
  - From: Jonathan Nieder
- Re: [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination
  - From: Paul Eggert
- Re: [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination
  - From: Siddhesh Poyarekar
- Re: [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination
  - From: Zack Weinberg
- Re: [PATCH] Set behavior of sprintf-like functions with overlapping source and destination
  - From: Siddhesh Poyarekar

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