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gzip: simplify printing of offsets using -l and -v

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Message #19 received at 72472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 72472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Subject: Re: bug#72472: gzip: simplify printing of offsets using -l and -v
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:27:44 -0700

Hi Jim, Paul,

Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> writes:

> On 2024-08-13 09:20, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> While somewhat related, I don't see how an async-safe strcpy would let
>> us remove that function.
>
> Agreed. You can't even use strcpy on 'char volatile *'; C prohibits
> that. Async safety is about something else (admittedly brain-hurting
> :-).

Thanks, I found the original thread prompting the addition of
volatile_strcpy and think I understand now [1].

Apologies for the extra noise. :)

Collin

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gzip/2018-08/msg00013.html

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