Index: acinclude.m4.in
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RCS file: /home/kde/kde-common/admin/acinclude.m4.in,v
retrieving revision 2.305
diff -u -r2.305 acinclude.m4.in
--- acinclude.m4.in	3 Dec 2002 10:50:38 -0000	2.305
+++ acinclude.m4.in	8 Dec 2002 02:50:42 -0000
@@ -754,6 +754,40 @@
 ])
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([vsnprintf snprintf])
+if test x$ac_cv_func_snprintf = xyes; then
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether snprintf is safe])
+  AC_TRY_RUN([
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    char buf[11];
+
+    buf[10] = 'O';
+    buf[9] = 'B';
+    snprintf(buf, 10, "0123456789");
+    if (buf[9])
+	return 1;
+    /* extra paranoia */
+    buf[9] = 'B';
+    snprintf(buf, 10, "01234%s", "56789");
+    if (buf[9])
+	return 1;
+    buf[9] = 'B';
+    snprintf(buf, 10, "01234%d", 56789);
+    if (buf[9])
+	return 1;
+    if (buf[10] != 'O')
+	return 1;
+    return 0;
+}
+  ], [AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)], 
+  [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([The snprintf() implementation in your c library
+is seriously broken. Upgrade it and try again.])],
+  [AC_MSG_RESULT(unknown)
+   AC_MSG_WARN([Cannot test whether snprintf() works (cross-compile)])])
+fi
 
 AH_VERBATIM(_TRU64,[
 /*