On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:25:38AM -0400, Laine Stump wrote:
> On 07/22/2009 10:20 AM, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> >Agreed, patch applied, I only had to add _() to get the message localized,
>
> I've idly wondered about that macro, as it causes scores of compile
> warnings, like this:
>
> datatypes.c:291: warning: format not a string literal and no format
> arguments
>
> What's it for? And what's the best way to change things to eliminate the
> warnings?
It is a potential security hole, if the user finds a way to send a string
with an embeded format specifier. Thus if you're not doing any subsitutions,
and the string isn't constant, then you should always at least do
char *therealstring = ...from somewhere untrusted...
printf("%s", therealstring)
NB, anyone sending patches should always set
--enable-compile-warnings=error
when running 'autogen.sh' and make sure all warnings & errors are fixed
before submitting a patch.
Regards,
Daniel
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