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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!cronkite.cisco.com!cisco.com!vandys From: vandys@cisco.com (Andrew Valencia) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: nn Date: 16 Jul 93 23:34:27 GMT Organization: cisco Systems Lines: 15 Message-ID: <vandys.742865667@cisco.com> References: <226q88INN56k@xs4all.hacktic.nl> <1993Jul16.220639.979@uvm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: glare.cisco.com In <1993Jul16.220639.979@uvm.edu> wollman@trantor.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes: >gets() doesn't run in a vacuum---it msut be a part of some program! >The error message is a very strong hint to the installer that the >program emitting it is broken and needs to be fixed to use a safe >string-read routine, like fgetline() or fgets(). The fact that one has the source available suggests an easy way to replace gets() behavior with something less A.R. (to use a technical term.) Andy Valencia -- | Andy Valencia: vandys@cisco.com | | Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, certainly not for my employer! |