One of the worst UI ever

Posted Feb 2, 2026 18:48 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: One of the worst UI ever by cytochrome
Parent article: A critical GnuPG security update

It's pretty much a certainty that any GNU C code written before 2010-s is a mess. GPG is no exception. E.g. look at this: https://github.com/gpg/gnupg/blob/987c6a398a9505399b2c25a...

Static buffers with manual length calculation, stpcpy, juggling pointers in security-critical code. What could possibly go wrong?