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Date:      Fri, 04 Aug 2000 22:41:37 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>, Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, audit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: strncpy bugs 
Message-ID:  <200008050441.WAA14686@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Aug 2000 20:28:14 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008042027130.63007-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> 
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008042027130.63007-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>  

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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008042027130.63007-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> Kris Kennaway writes:
: strlcpy is definitely easier to use correctly. However, it's probably not
: worthwhile replacing correct strncpy usage in most instances.

Long term it likely is.  Short term, or doing it in a rush will lead
to either more errors than before, or to propigation of errors that
are in the existing code.

Warner


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