From 83f0769a351024b5d686168f78900e769d64a2c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: simonmar <unknown>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:41:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 2006-01-12 12:41:03 by simonmar] time_str:   -
 use ctime_r if available   - avoid use of strcpy on
 overlapping regions

Ticket #480 (patch modified by me)
---
 ghc/rts/RtsUtils.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ghc/rts/RtsUtils.c b/ghc/rts/RtsUtils.c
index b54d3da..ef7cbb7 100644
--- a/ghc/rts/RtsUtils.c
+++ b/ghc/rts/RtsUtils.c
@@ -189,9 +189,13 @@ time_str(void)
 
     if (now == 0) {
 	time(&now);
+#if HAVE_CTIME_R
+	ctime_r(&now, nowstr);
+#else
 	strcpy(nowstr, ctime(&now));
-	strcpy(nowstr+16,nowstr+19);
-	nowstr[21] = '\0';
+#endif
+	memmove(nowstr+16,nowstr+19,7);
+	nowstr[21] = '\0';  // removes the \n
     }
     return nowstr;
 }
-- 
1.7.10.4