From 454a20c8756c9c1d55419153255fc7692b3d2199 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Weimer Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:10:08 +0200 Subject: 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 --- NEWS | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 23051cf139..7a4df85f08 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -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 -- cgit 1.4.1