Re: bug: printf overruns an argument

[Jim Meyering]

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> Here is a proposed patch for all these problems:
>
> 2003-03-24  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
>
>         Fix buffer overrun problem reported by TAKAI Kousuke, along
>         with some other POSIX incompatibilities.
>
>       * src/printf.c (print_esc): Do not treat \x specially if
>         POSIXLY_CORRECT.  Avoid buffer overrun if the format ends
>         in backslash.  Treat incomplete escape sequences as strings
>         of characters, as POSIX requires.
>         (print_formatted): Allow multiple flags.  Avoid buffer overrun
>         if the format is incomplete.

Thank you both!
I've applied this patch and added corresponding test cases.

> --- printf.c  2003/03/11 10:30:59     4.5.11.0
> +++ printf.c  2003/03/25 00:17:55     4.5.11.4