Hello Alejandro,
On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 08:55:16PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On 12/4/22 10:07, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Without further ado, the following was found:
> >
> > Issue: The variable I<size> is not defined above in the summary? Is this I<n>?
> >
> > "This function appends the null-terminated string I<src> to the string"
> > "I<dest>, copying at most I<size-strlen(dest)-1> from I<src>, and adds a"
> > "terminating null byte to the result, I<unless> I<size> is less than"
> > "I<strlen(dest)>. This function fixes the buffer overrun problem of"
> > "B<strcat>(), but the caller must still handle the possibility of data loss"
> > "if I<size> is too small. The function returns the length of the string"
> > "B<strlcat>() tried to create; if the return value is greater than or equal"
> > "to I<size>, data loss occurred. If data loss matters, the caller I<must>"
> > "either check the arguments before the call, or test the function return"
> > "value. B<strlcat>() is not present in glibc and is not standardized by"
> > "POSIX, but is available on Linux via the I<libbsd> library."
>
>
> The report is invalid. That 'size' refers to the strlcat(3) prototype,
> declared in the same NOTES section.
Thanks for the clarification!
I mark it as such in our files.
Greetings
Helge
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