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    'Generate syslog warnings for %s fmt strings NULL to "(null)" conversions' ☶ c openbsd marc.info
    jabberwock avatar via jabberwock 2 years ago | cached | 4 comments

“This type of logging is possible because OpenBSD syslog_r(3) -> sendsyslog(2) is side-effect free enough to be used in the bowels of libc.”

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    premysl avatar premysl 2 years ago | link

    Can’t say I enjoy this change as it’s somewhat oversimplified, but it has its merits.

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      tedu avatar tedu 2 years ago | link

      How would you complicate it?

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        premysl avatar premysl 2 years ago | link

        The string seems to not be escaped and the application seems to not be identified in the log (it looks like this usage even discards any openlog() info because of the thread-safe variant of the call).

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          tedu avatar tedu 2 years ago | link

          ah. the application will still be identified by argv[0].