Re: Using vsnprintf or vasprintf in sid

[Dave Brolley <brolley at redhat dot com>]

Thanks Ben and Scott for your suggestions. I do need Solaris support 
and, as it turns out, I chose an implementation using a large buffer 
with overflow checking, like Scott suggested, until I can figure out how 
the autoconf magic works.

Dave

Dave Brolley wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a need for printf-like printing into a buffer, however I have 
> no control over the input and so I don't know the size of the buffer 
> which will be required. It looks like vsnprintf (_ISOC99_SOURCE) or 
> vasprintf (_GNU_SOURCE) are what I need. Is it ok to use these 
> function in sid and, if so, how do I get configure to add the 
> necessary -Dxxxx to the sid compilations and (if necessary) specify 
> the library to look in?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave