> On February 23, 2014 at 9:16 AM Ingo Schwarze <schwa...@usta.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > d...@genunix.com wrote on Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 08:54:34AM -0500: > > > > > I am seeing strange and questionable messages while attempting a compile > > > and then test of GNU gettext 0.18.3.2 thus : > > > > > > ../gnulib-lib/.libs/libgettextlib.so: warning: stpcpy() is dangerous GNU > > > crap; > > > don't use it > > > > Yes. They come from ld(1), the OpenBSD linker, and cannot be disabled. > > Do you think that maybe a message such as "stpcpy() considered dangerous. > Please > submit a patch." would have been a lot more professional?
No. Most people are not capable of writing good patches, so it would be unprofessional to ask such people to write patches. > If I see an operating > system that fires an insult across the bow of some other operating system > then I > think it is written by children in basements and I stop using it. It speaks to > the level of professionalism employed by those people that release and manage > the OS. You are speaking like a child. If that really is what you think, then do go use those other things, and this won't bother you any further.
