Problem with sh/bash and snapshot cygwin1-20050825.dll

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Brian Dessent wrote:

> Eric Blake wrote:
>
> > Because POSIX states that buf is indeterminate on error, and
> > because Corrina's patch caused a regression (ie. 1.5.18 was
> > setting buf[0] to 0 on error).  QofI states that we might as
> > well make the indeterminate buffer useful, in case a user
> > forgets to check the return value being NULL.
>
> Ah yes.  But, if we want to follow the mantra of "we're just mean" then
> obviously the buffer should be filled with a long string of obscenities
> and insults on error condition.  The dirtier the better -- maybe
> "/bin/fortune --nasty" could be called.  And without a terminating \0,
> of course.

strcpy(buf,"HIPPOhippoHIPPOhippoHIPPOhippoHIPPOhippoHIPPOhippo");
buf[strlen(buf)]='H';

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