GCC 8.2 warns about an overlapping using strncpy. Replace strncpy with a memmove to avoid this issue. In file included from /usr/include/string.h:494, from lsmmc.c:46: In function ‘strncpy’, inlined from ‘read_file’ at lsmmc.c:356:3: /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/string_fortified.h:106:10: error: ‘__builtin_strncpy’ accessing 4096 bytes at offsets 0 and 1 overlaps 4095 bytes at offset 1 [-Werror=restrict] return __builtin___strncpy_chk (__dest, __src, __len, __bos (__dest)); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cc1: all warnings being treated as errors make: *** [Makefile:36: lsmmc.o] Error 1 Signed-off-by: Clément Péron <peron.clem@xxxxxxxxx> --- v2: repost with Chris Ball lsmmc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lsmmc.c b/lsmmc.c index c4faa00..bcb854d 100644 --- a/lsmmc.c +++ b/lsmmc.c @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ char *read_file(char *name) line[strlen(line) - 1] = '\0'; while (isspace(line[0])) - strncpy(&line[0], &line[1], sizeof(line)); + memmove(&line[0], &line[1], sizeof(line)-1); return strdup(line); } -- 2.19.1