>> No, that's not all.  It also fills the rest, if any, of the
>> destination space with more NULs.  (This can be useful to, for
>> example, prevent leaking kernel stack trash to userland.)
> Unfortunately modern compilers no longer guarantee this is true.

Any compiler that renders strncpy() (not strlcpy - that was my mistake)
incapable of upholding its interface contract is, IMO, not suitable for
general-purpose use such as building - or working under - NetBSD.

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