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Re: [PATCH] Add compat/vsnprintf.c for systems that returns -1 on maxsize reached

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 5, 2008, 21:05 UTC
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Wayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net> writes:
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> I'd suggest using a longer buf, requesting a longer length (e.g. 3
> instead of 1), and then making sure that the resulting buf is right
> (e.g. "12" instead of "123").
>
> 		[[char buf[6];
> 		  if (test_vsnprintf(buf, 3, "%s", "12345") != 5
> 		   || strcmp(buf, "12") != 0) return 1;
> 		  if (snprintf(buf, 3, "%s", "12345") != 5
> 		   || strcmp(buf, "12") != 0) return 1]])],
That sounds like a sensible thing to do.
Other than that, the patch in
    Message-Id: <200803051646.13343.michal.rokos@nextsoft.cz>
looked Ok to me.
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  1. Add compat/vsnprintf.c for systems that returns -1 on maxsize reachedMichal Rokos, Mar 4, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 4, 2008
  3. Finn Arne GangstadMar 4, 2008
  4. Johannes SixtMar 4, 2008
  5. Morten WelinderMar 4, 2008
  6. Johannes SixtMar 4, 2008
  7. Wayne DavisonMar 4, 2008
  8. Michal RokosMar 5, 2008
  9. Jeff KingMar 5, 2008
  10. Johannes SixtMar 5, 2008
  11. Michal RokosMar 5, 2008
  12. Johannes SixtMar 5, 2008
  13. Michal RokosMar 5, 2008
  14. Johannes SixtMar 5, 2008
  15. Michal RokosMar 5, 2008
  16. Wayne DavisonMar 5, 2008
  17. Johannes SixtMar 5, 2008
  18. Wayne DavisonMar 5, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2008
  20. Mike RalphsonMar 5, 2008
  21. Robert HainesMar 5, 2008
  22. Michal RokosMar 5, 2008
  23. Michal RokosMar 10, 2008
  24. Johannes SixtMar 10, 2008
  25. Michal RokosMar 10, 2008
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