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Bug 59465 - Please replace strcat with sprintf for i18n
Please replace strcat with sprintf for i18n
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Product: ekiga
Classification: Applications
Component: general
GIT master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Damien Sandras
Damien Sandras
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2001-08-24 01:59 UTC by Christian Rose
Modified: 2009-08-15 18:40 UTC
See Also:
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Description Christian Rose 2001-08-24 01:59:53 UTC 
strcpy (msg, "");
  strcat (msg, _("Connected with "));
  strcat (msg, cname);
  strcat (msg, _(" using "));
  strcat (msg, capp);

(from src/endpoint.cpp:449)

This message design is very bad for i18n. Please use a sprintf-like
solution instead.