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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2023-06-14 18:10:08 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2023-06-14 18:10:08 +0200
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Implement strlcpy and strlcat [BZ #178]
These functions are about to be added to POSIX, under Austin Group
issue 986.

The fortified strlcat implementation does not raise SIGABRT if the
destination buffer does not contain a null terminator, it just
inherits the non-failing regular strlcat behavior.

Reviewed-by: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>
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@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Major new features:
   The symbol names follow the AArch64 vector ABI, they are declared
   in math.h and have to be called manually at this point.
 
+* The strlcpy and strlcat functions have been added.  They are derived
+  from OpenBSD, and are expected to be added to a future POSIX version.
+
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
 * In the Linux kernel for the hppa/parisc architecture some of the