Bug#715261: manpages-dev: readdir_r should be strongly discouraged due to security reasons

tags 715261 fixed-upstream thanks glibc 2.24 marks readdir_r() deprecated, and for the upcoming man-pages-4.05 release, I've significantly reworked the man page to note the problems and indicate that the function is deprecated. Thanks, Michael

Bug#715261: manpages-dev: readdir_r should be strongly discouraged due to security reasons

Package: manpages-dev Version: 3.51-1 Severity: normal The readdir(3) / readdir_r(3) man page says about readdir_r(): Since POSIX.1 does not specify the size of the d_name field, and other nonstandard fields may precede that field within the dirent structure, portable applications that