Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/audiocfg

[David Holland <dholland-sourcechanges%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 01:32:38PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
 >>>> Should we make perror() produce a warning so people will stop using it?
 >>>
 >>> No, as it is not a NetBSD specific API.
 >> 
 >> Neither is gets()
 > 
 > using perror() doesn't lead to fatal security flaws.
 > 
 > i don't see any good reason to warn on it.

The man page should, however, at least mention warn() and perhaps note
that warn() is preferred. I will attend to this.

And, btw, the man page also claims that perror first appeared in
4.4BSD. Is this really correct?

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David A. Holland
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