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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-05-24 16:21:34 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-06-10 22:02:26 +0200
commit5b9206c1a851a29d7088bcef000e0c887200c5df (patch)
tree4590f18b336c61e1af104fbf4f54d94f815d07fe /cfg.mk
parent928dd73762e69cfeaab4a7ec9dd8f30f86a45ed4 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-5b9206c1a851a29d7088bcef000e0c887200c5df.tar.xz
maint: prohibit use of strncpy
* cfg.mk (sc_prohibit_strncpy): New syntax-check rule. Exempt pinky.c and who.c, at least for now.
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diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 040d7e17f..c94109ca3 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ sc_prohibit_strncmp:
{ echo '$(ME): use STREQ_LEN or STRPREFIX instead of str''ncmp' \
1>&2; exit 1; } || :
+# Really. You don't want to use this function.
+sc_prohibit_strncpy:
+ @prohibit='\<str''ncpy *\(' \
+ halt='do not use str''ncpy, period' \
+ $(_sc_search_regexp)
+
# Enforce recommended preprocessor indentation style.
sc_preprocessor_indentation:
@if cppi --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
@@ -485,3 +491,6 @@ exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_test_backticks = \
# Exempt test.c, since it's nominally shared, and relatively static.
exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_operator_at_end_of_line = \
^src/(ptx|test|head)\.c$$
+
+# Exempt pinky and who: their uses of this function appear to be correct.
+exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_strncpy = ^src/(pinky|who)\.c$$