Jeff King writes:
> When we are checking the path via path_ok(), we use some
> fixed PATH_MAX buffers. We write into them via snprintf(),
> so there's no possibility of overflow, but it does mean we
> may silently truncate the path, leading to potentially
> confusing errors when the partial path
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 12:59:38AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> When we are checking the path via path_ok(), we use some
> fixed PATH_MAX buffers. We write into them via snprintf(),
> so there's no possibility of overflow, but it does mean we
> may silently truncate the path, leading to potentially
>
When we are checking the path via path_ok(), we use some
fixed PATH_MAX buffers. We write into them via snprintf(),
so there's no possibility of overflow, but it does mean we
may silently truncate the path, leading to potentially
confusing errors when the partial path does not exist.
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