GNU bug report logs - #9412
sprintf-related integer and memory overflow issues

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Message #17 received at 9412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 9412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Subject: Re: bug#9412: sprintf-related integer and memory overflow issues
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:53:54 -0400

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

> On 08/30/11 19:08, Chong Yidong wrote:
>

>> I seem to recall that the reason we don't use snprintf is that
>> it's not available on all the platforms that Emacs supports.
>
> Although that used to be true, I expect that platforms lacking
> snprintf (e.g., Solaris 2.5.1, IRIX 5.3, OSF/1 4.0) are no longer of
> practical importance as Emacs porting targets.

FWIW, we removed support in emacs for those 3 OSes a few years ago. 

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