From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:51:46 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Document snprintf bug on Linux libc5.
X-Git-Tag: v0.1~7529
X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.org.uk/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1516435cbbafda71d62a721e35543e08bef77989;p=gnulib.git

Document snprintf bug on Linux libc5.
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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi b/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi
index 66ef6a936..d58861409 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{snprintf} or @code{snpr
 @item
 This function is missing on some platforms:
 OSF/1 4.0, Solaris 2.5.1.
+@item
+This function overwrites memory even when a size argument of 1 is passed on some
+platforms:
+Linux libc5.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{snprintf-posix}:
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/vsnprintf.texi b/doc/posix-functions/vsnprintf.texi
index f3477f09f..bd14f000a 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/vsnprintf.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/vsnprintf.texi
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{vsnprintf} or @code{vsn
 @item
 This function is missing on some platforms:
 OSF/1 4.0, Solaris 2.5.1.
+@item
+This function overwrites memory even when a size argument of 1 is passed on some
+platforms:
+Linux libc5.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{vsnprintf-posix}: