Module Name: src
Committed By: riastradh
Date: Wed Apr 1 20:18:17 UTC 2015
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/string: strcpy.3
Log Message:
Strengthen prohibition against overlapping in strcpy(3).
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.22 -r1.23 src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3:1.22 src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3:1.23
--- src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3:1.22 Wed Apr 1 15:45:00 2015
+++ src/lib/libc/string/strcpy.3 Wed Apr 1 20:18:17 2015
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)strcpy.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $NetBSD: strcpy.3,v 1.22 2015/04/01 15:45:00 christos Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: strcpy.3,v 1.23 2015/04/01 20:18:17 riastradh Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 1, 2015
.Dt STRCPY 3
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ is
.Em not
terminated.
.Pp
-For portability the source and destination strings should not overlap, because
-implementations are allowed to optimize character movement and the standard
-specifies that the results are undefined if they do.
+The strings
+.Fa src
+and
+.Fa dst
+may not overlap.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn strcpy
