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Re: How should we override broken snprintf implementations?
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Albert Chin |
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Re: How should we override broken snprintf implementations? |
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Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:07:55 -0600 |
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On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 03:19:57PM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> "John McCabe-Dansted" <address@hidden> writes:
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> > Hi, the address@hidden team is wondering how to best handle the case
> > where a broken native snprintf implementation (e.g. on mingw)
> > prevents gnulib-tool from providing gnulib's C99 compatible snprintf.
> > -- e.g.:
> > http://http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/pspp-dev/2007-02/msg00043.html
> >
> > Is there a recommended way of overcoming this problem?
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> I'd attack it by modifying gl_FUNC_SNPRINTF (in m4/snprintf.m4) so
> that it detects the bug and replaces the broken snprintf with gnulib
> version.
glib, which is LGPL, has a AC_FUNC_SNPRINTF_C99 in acinclude.m4 you
might want to check out.
--
albert chin (address@hidden)