Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:46:50 -0800 From: Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r292454 - head/bin/ed Message-ID: <CAG6CVpWMXqzW6qBL2wE9e_ezjKF6WauMHsK-yb66yNUNvYOhaQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <DCA75AAB-5752-44E4-90B9-FC33404EA350@FreeBSD.org> References: <201512182158.tBILwhRB040583@repo.freebsd.org> <44E9BE06-1883-4AF8-816D-D699CF733EEB@bsdimp.com> <DCA75AAB-5752-44E4-90B9-FC33404EA350@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hi Warner;
>
>> Il giorno 18/dic/2015, alle ore 17:01, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> ha scritto:
>>
>> Isn’t strlcpy() the more appropriate interface? strncpy doesn’t guarantee NUL termination.
>>
>
> Maybe, but we were using strcpy() which doesn’t guarantee NULL termination either
> and things have been working. I also thought that portability may be specially important
> for the stuff in bin/.
strcpy() does guarantee NUL termination. Otherwise it would be useless.
DESCRIPTION
The stpcpy() and strcpy() functions copy the string src to dst (including
the terminating ‘\0’ character.)
Best,
Conrad
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