FTBFS if "-Werror=format-security" flag is used

Chris Adams linux at cmadams.net
Tue Dec 10 17:02:18 UTC 2013


Once upon a time, Chris Adams <linux at cmadams.net> said:
> Aside from everything else, using the printf() family of functions when
> you don't want formatted output is bad practice.  There's really no
> excuse for calling printf(foo); if you don't want formatted output (i.e.
> you don't pass a format string with additionalarguments to be
> converted), then use the correct function for the job such as puts(foo).

And before anybody jumps on it, I meant fputs(foo, stdout) (I forgot
puts() appends a newline).
-- 
Chris Adams <linux at cmadams.net>


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