Howdy Ralph,
On 11/10/22 10:31, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Howdy Alejandro,
>
[...]
>>> My patch just changes
>>> #define length(s) (sizeof(s) - 1)
>>> to:
>>> #define length(s) (nitems(s) - 1)
>>>
>>> (nitems() is defined to be the obvious sizeof division (called
>>> ARRAY_SIZE(9) i
Hi Ralph,
As you noticed, if you don't address me in To or Cc, I may not notice the email.
I try to, but sometimes I miss it. Sorry.
On 11/10/22 10:31, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Howdy Alejandro,
Okay, here we go for a rant.
Consider the cost of lost opportunities.
Since I wrote the code f
Hi Dave!
On 11/11/22 21:08, Dave Kemper wrote:
On 11/10/22, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
Textinfo is still unreadable after one has the system
installed. Maybe it's that I've never used emacs(1), but I never liked it.
I mention this on the list periodically, because I learned this trick
from th
On 11/10/22, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Textinfo is still unreadable after one has the system
> installed. Maybe it's that I've never used emacs(1), but I never liked it.
I mention this on the list periodically, because I learned this trick
from this list and it's invaluable for browsing the gro
Hi Alex,
At 2022-11-11T03:09:51+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > Write and demonstrate an exploit[6]. It won't make you any more
> > popular than your present approach, but it will knock the jocks'
> > cowboy hats askew.
[...]
> > [6] But do it in a sandbox lest you become the next Tom Christia
On 11/11/22 03:09, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
On 11/10/22 22:19, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
especially when
these are used by the naïve or slack-jawed.[1]
I developed this stpecpy()[1] to fix this performance problem present in
strlcpy(3). I plan to start using it (or similar ones adapted to t
On 11/10/22 22:19, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
(Some of this is off-topic for the groff list.)
Hi Branden,
Hi Alex,
At 2022-11-08T22:05:25+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
Okay, here we go for a rant.
Let's say there's some software with cowboy programmers, which has
things like:
typed
(Some of this is off-topic for the groff list.)
Hi Alex,
At 2022-11-08T22:05:25+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Okay, here we go for a rant.
>
> Let's say there's some software with cowboy programmers, which has
> things like:
>
> typedef struct {
> size_t length;
> u_char
Howdy Alejandro,
> > Okay, here we go for a rant.
Consider the cost of lost opportunities.
> Since I wrote the code from memory, I had a few typos, but the idea
> was there...
>
> > typedef struct {
> > size_t length;
> > u_char *start;
> > } str_t;
> >
> > #d
Hi Branden,
On 11/8/22 22:05, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
It may be the issue that the deps mention about ambiguous paths; don't know. I
don't know if I have multiple versions of the URW fonts in my system. I hope I
don't, because I rarely install things from source, so I trust Debian packaging
Hi Branden,
On 11/8/22 16:12, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
Hi Alex,
At 2022-11-08T13:26:21+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
I've always had trouble installing the correct dependencies for groff,
since depending on what you compile you might need some more or some
less dependencies, and there's not
Hi Alex,
At 2022-11-08T13:26:21+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> I've always had trouble installing the correct dependencies for groff,
> since depending on what you compile you might need some more or some
> less dependencies, and there's not a clear list of what you need for
> what.
I'm sorry t
Hi Branden!
I've always had trouble installing the correct dependencies for groff, since
depending on what you compile you might need some more or some less
dependencies, and there's not a clear list of what you need for what.
I suggest that you add a very schematic list similar to the one I
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