[OpenAFS] OpenAFS on OpenBSD-current (ELF)

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:53:10 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Brent Graveland wrote:

> > Not a big deal, but make sure you test the stuff. At some point IBM did
> > something to the kaserver which broke it for some uses due to a botched
> > str->strn patch.
>
> My point exactly - I can't help but think that this is a botched
> approach in the first place. Just because it has been done in the past,
> I still can't happily agree to follow.

That's fine, but if it bothers you, fix it the right way, or admit that it
doesn't bother you.

> Some may argue the possibility of correctly using strcat/cpy (see
> openbsd's effort to completly remove them), but I just see overwritten
> and truncated memory with aliases like this.

If those macros screw you, you were already screwed.