https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=67611
Bug ID: 67611 Summary: strcpy BUG Product: gcc Version: 4.6.3 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: soekchl at 163 dot com Target Milestone: --- So easy programing , but the luck boy found a bug.Here is the gcc version of the source code and the process and procedures for recording results. And g++ have a same bug. ubuntu@ubuntu-virtual-machine:~/temp_source/201509/16$ gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6/lto-wrapper Target: i686-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc --enable-targets=all --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=i686-linux-gnu --host=i686-linux-gnu --target=i686-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ubuntu@ubuntu-virtual-machine:~/temp_source/201509/16$ ubuntu@ubuntu-virtual-machine:~/temp_source/201509/16$ ls a.out bigNum.c strcpy.c ubuntu@ubuntu-virtual-machine:~/temp_source/201509/16$ gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6/lto-wrapper Target: i686-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc --enable-targets=all --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=i686-linux-gnu --host=i686-linux-gnu --target=i686-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ubuntu@ubuntu-virtual-machine:~/temp_source/201509/16$ cat strcpy.c #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char str[] = "0999998.000001"; puts(str); strcpy(str, str+1); puts(str); return 0; } ubuntu@ubuntu-virtual-machine:~/temp_source/201509/16$ gcc strcpy.c -Wall ubuntu@ubuntu-virtual-machine:~/temp_source/201509/16$ ./a.out 0999998.000001 9999980000001 ubuntu@ubuntu-virtual-machine:~/temp_source/201509/16$