From 8bf49d16a637cca0cd116450dfcabc4c941baf6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ticktock35 <ticktock35@e8e0d7a0-c8d9-11dd-a880-a1081c7ac358>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:10:56 -0500
Subject: * Add ipkg for future development

git-svn-id: http://opkg.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@3 e8e0d7a0-c8d9-11dd-a880-a1081c7ac358
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(limited to 'sprintf_alloc.c')

diff --git a/sprintf_alloc.c b/sprintf_alloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0416ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sprintf_alloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/* sprintf_alloc.c -- like sprintf with memory allocation
+
+   Carl D. Worth
+
+   Copyright (C) 2001 University of Southern California
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#include "ipkg.h"
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include "sprintf_alloc.h"
+
+int sprintf_alloc(char **str, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+    char *new_str;
+    int n, size = 100;
+
+    if (!str) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Null string pointer passed to sprintf_alloc\n");
+      return -1;
+    }
+    if (!fmt) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Null fmt string passed to sprintf_alloc\n");
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* On x86_64 systems, any strings over 100 were segfaulting.  
+       It seems that the ap needs to be reinitalized before every
+       use of the v*printf() functions. I pulled the functionality out
+       of vsprintf_alloc and combined it all here instead. 
+    */
+    
+
+    /* ripped more or less straight out of PRINTF(3) */
+
+    if ((new_str = malloc(size)) == NULL) 
+      return -1;
+
+    *str = new_str;
+    while(1) {
+      va_start(ap, fmt);
+      n = vsnprintf (new_str, size, fmt, ap);
+      va_end(ap);
+      /* If that worked, return the size. */
+      if (n > -1 && n < size)
+	return n;
+	/* Else try again with more space. */
+	if (n > -1)    /* glibc 2.1 */
+	    size = n+1; /* precisely what is needed */
+	else           /* glibc 2.0 */
+	    size *= 2;  /* twice the old size */
+	new_str = realloc(new_str, size);
+	if (new_str == NULL) {
+	    free(new_str);
+	    *str = NULL;
+	    return -1;
+	}
+	*str = new_str;
+    }
+
+    return -1; /* Just to be correct - it probably won't get here */
+}
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