bug#58966: [Trunk] Xcode 14.1+ (and macOS 13.0+) deprecate sprintf()

[Gerd Möllmann]

Jacob Faibussowitsch <jacob.fai@gmail.com> writes:

> Fresh build this morning produces many such warnings. I have attached
> config.log and make.log:
>
> buffer.c:1223:46: warning: 'sprintf' is deprecated: This function is provided 
> for compatibility reasons only.  Due to security concerns inherent in the 
> design of sprintf(3), it is highly recommended that you use snprintf(3) 
> instead. [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
>       AUTO_STRING_WITH_LEN (lnumber, number, sprintf (number, "-%d", i));
>                                              ^

Yeah, I've got 14.1 over night now, too, and I now see the same :-(.

>From a hort look, just replacing sprintf variants with snprintf variants
won't be enough.  Things like make_formatted_string would require
interface changes, for example.

I short, that looks to me like a ton of boring and potentially bug-prone
work.

What do the maintainers think about this?