Re: copying a string with truncation (was: [PATCH] resolv: add IPv6 support to inet_net_pton())

[Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>]

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Hey Sam!

On 12/23/22 08:00, Sam James wrote:
> 
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>> On 23 Dec 2022, at 06:55, Sam James via Libc-alpha <libc-alpha@sourceware.org> wrote:
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>> strlcpy and strlcat is in POSIX next (https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=986) and will be in glibc
>> in due course, I believe.
>>
>> See https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178. Florian sent a patch a few months ago
>> but I don't think anything happened with it yet (https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/patch/87fsjp7rqz.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com/).
>>
> Ah, I didn't read over the discussion again as I thought I'd remembered it all,
> but since then, Paul's objection bug w/ austingroup has been closed, so I don't see
> a reason not to move forward.

Ahh, good then.  BTW, could you please link to Paul's objection?  I couldn't 
find it.  Anyway, I'll CC him.

I'll reply on the other thread, since I still think we need the other function.

Cheers,

Alex

P.S.:  I think you may have libc-alpha as 'Zack Weinberg via Libc-alpha' on you 
address book?  Or maybe it's my thunderbird?  I think it's not me.


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