Sam Steingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bruno Haible wrote: >> Linux manpage: >> >> BUGS >> Avoid using this function. It is broken by design since it >> is impossible to determine a suitable size for the output >> buffer, resolved_path. According to POSIX a buffer of >> size PATH_MAX suffices, but PATH_MAX need not be a defined >> constant, and may have to be obtained using pathconf(). > > this is equally applicable to any function what relies on > PATH_MAX,e.g., getcwd.
Indeed, gnulib includes a module that replaces getcwd, if necessary, with a version that allocates a buffer as large as needed if the buffer argument is a null pointer. > pretty soon every user of gnulib will be distributing a full glibc with > his package. There does seem to be some risk of this happening :-) -- Ben Pfaff http://benpfaff.org
