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Date:      Sun, 19 Nov 2000 19:16:18 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/libexec/pppoed pppoed.c
Message-ID:  <20001119191618.A88885@warning.follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <200011191755.eAJHtMQ68644@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from brian@Awfulhak.org on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 05:55:22PM %2B0000
References:  <kris@FreeBSD.org> <200011191755.eAJHtMQ68644@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>

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On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 05:55:22PM +0000, Brian Somers wrote:
> > kris        2000/11/19 05:27:21 PST
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     libexec/pppoed       pppoed.c 
> >   Log:
> >   Format string paranoia
> >   
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.6       +2 -2      src/libexec/pppoed/pppoed.c
> 
> This is indeed paranoia.  I'd say gratuitous even.

I'd disagree with you; it protects against later changes, and it
makes it easier to do quick checks for this kind of problem later.
"Unsafe" functions or constructs used safely takes time to check
each time somebody goes looking for that kind of problem.

Eivind.


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