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dps_snprintf_oflow

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Synopsis

dps_snprintf_oflow

Version

1.2 (2002/12/12)     C_Support @ ac-archive-0.5.39

Author

Duncan Simpson <dps@io.stargate.co.uk>

Description

Checks whether snprintf ignores the value of n or not and defines HAVE_SNPRINTF_BUG if it does.

M4 Source Code
AC_DEFUN([dps_snprintf_oflow],
[AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether snprintf ignores n)
AC_CACHE_VAL(dps_cv_snprintf_bug,
[AC_TRY_RUN(
changequote(<<, >>)dnl
<<#include <stdio.h>

#ifndef HAVE_SNPRINTF
#ifdef HAVE_VSNPRINTF
#include "vsnprintf.h"
#else /* not HAVE_VSNPRINTF */
#include "vsnprintf.c"
#endif /* HAVE_VSNPRINTF */
#endif /* HAVE_SNPRINTF */

int main(void)
{
char ovbuf[7];
int i;
for (i=0; i<7; i++) ovbuf[i]='x';
snprintf(ovbuf, 4,"foo%s", "bar");
if (ovbuf[5]!='x') exit(1);
snprintf(ovbuf, 4,"foo%d", 666);
if (ovbuf[5]!='x') exit(1);
exit(0);
} >>
changequote([, ]), dps_cv_snprintf_bug=0, dps_cv_snprintf_bug=1,
dps_cv_snprintf_bug=2)])
if test $dps_cv_snprintf_bug -eq 0; then
  AC_MSG_RESULT([no, snprintf is ok])
else if test $dps_cv_snprintf_bug -eq 1; then
  AC_MSG_RESULT([yes, snprintf is broken])
  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SNPRINTF_BUG,1)
else
  AC_MSG_RESULT([unknown, assuming yes])
  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SNPRINTF_BUG,1)
fi; fi])