This thread is about strcpy and the OpenBSD linker warnings. > >> Note that it is theoretically possible to use these functions > >> correctly;
It is theoretically possible to give a loaded gun to a baby; things will probably work out fine. Searching for news about such mishaps, they are quite rare. Still, they do occur, and I suspect the industry has ``warning labels'' regarding leaving guns lying around. strcpy-related security holes still occur these days, but I think they have been reduced. There has been a slight improvement; software is being written with a little bit more care. Fewer developers are handing strcpy "guns" to their users. I believe the OpenBSD ``warnings labels'' do play a small part in improving the situation. You don't need to reach all the grumpy programmers who believe they have godlike powers to avoid making overflow mistakes; if you reach some people, you get progress. The linker warnings add to a greater meme of avoiding strcpy, and strncpy as well.
