Module Name: src
Committed By: pgoyette
Date: Wed Dec 7 03:22:14 UTC 2016
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/net: linkaddr.3
Log Message:
Update BUGS section to note the possibility of a truncated return value.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.10 -r1.11 src/lib/libc/net/linkaddr.3
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Index: src/lib/libc/net/linkaddr.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/net/linkaddr.3:1.10 src/lib/libc/net/linkaddr.3:1.11
--- src/lib/libc/net/linkaddr.3:1.10 Thu Aug 7 16:43:11 2003
+++ src/lib/libc/net/linkaddr.3 Wed Dec 7 03:22:14 2016
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: linkaddr.3,v 1.10 2003/08/07 16:43:11 agc Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: linkaddr.3,v 1.11 2016/12/07 03:22:14 pgoyette Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)linkaddr.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 7/28/93
.\"
-.Dd July 28, 1993
+.Dd December 7, 2016
.Dt LINK_ADDR 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ functions appeared in
The returned values for
.Fn link_ntoa
reside in a static memory area.
+If the returned value would overflow this area,
+.Fn link_ntoa
+truncates the returned string.
+There is no provision for detecting a truncated return value.
.Pp
The function
.Fn link_addr
