Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:12:02 -0700 From: Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r351659 - in head: contrib/libc++/include contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libc/ssp gnu/lib/libssp include lib/libc/stdio Message-ID: <CAG6CVpXo0TAayC1FW=soYB=7vq6ecKp%2BCLpzp4QvkVuG8JT81g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201909011612.x81GC5DW097846@repo.freebsd.org> References: <201909011612.x81GC5DW097846@repo.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 9:12 AM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Author: emaste > Date: Sun Sep 1 16:12:05 2019 > New Revision: 351659 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/351659 > > Log: > libc: remove gets > > gets is unsafe and shouldn't be used (for many years now). Leave it in > the existing symbol version so anything that previously linked aginst it > still runs, but do not allow new software to link against it. > ... > Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12298 Thanks, Ed! I think I saw someone mention some incarnation of standard C++ removes gets(), but to add context from the standard C side: it was present, but obsolete and deprecated, in C99; and was removed in C11. Best, Conrad
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