some platforms provide posix snprintf via special defined, these defines however cause problems elsewhere

so this is a way to only have to do this define in one file

ndb/include/util/BaseString.hpp

@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ public:
    * Trim string from <i>delim</i>
    */
   static char* trim(char * src, const char * delim);
+
+  /**
+   * snprintf on some platforms need special treatment
+   */
+  static int snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...);
+  static int vsnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, va_list ap);
 private:
   char* m_chr;
   unsigned m_len;

ndb/src/common/util/BaseString.cpp

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 #include <ndb_global.h>
 #include <BaseString.hpp>
 
+extern "C"
+int
+basestring_vsnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, va_list ap);
+
 BaseString::BaseString()
 {
     m_chr = new char[1];
@@ -127,14 +131,14 @@ BaseString::assfmt(const char *fmt, ...)
      * when called as vsnprintf(NULL, 0, ...).
      */
     va_start(ap, fmt);
-    l = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap) + 1;
+    l = basestring_vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap) + 1;
     va_end(ap);
     if(l > (int)m_len) {
 	delete[] m_chr;
 	m_chr = new char[l];
     }
     va_start(ap, fmt);
-    vsnprintf(m_chr, l, fmt, ap);
+    basestring_vsnprintf(m_chr, l, fmt, ap);
     va_end(ap);
     m_len = strlen(m_chr);
     return *this;
@@ -152,11 +156,11 @@ BaseString::appfmt(const char *fmt, ...)
      * when called as vsnprintf(NULL, 0, ...).
      */
     va_start(ap, fmt);
-    l = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap) + 1;
+    l = basestring_vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap) + 1;
     va_end(ap);
     char *tmp = new char[l];
     va_start(ap, fmt);
-    vsnprintf(tmp, l, fmt, ap);
+    basestring_vsnprintf(tmp, l, fmt, ap);
     va_end(ap);
     append(tmp);
     delete[] tmp;
@@ -335,6 +339,22 @@ BaseString::trim(char * str, const char * delim){
     return str;
 }
 
+int
+BaseString::vsnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, va_list ap)
+{
+  return(basestring_vsnprintf(str, size, format, ap));
+}
+
+int
+BaseString::snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
+{
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start(ap, format);
+  int ret= basestring_vsnprintf(str, size, format, ap);
+  va_end(ap);
+  return(ret);
+}
+
 
 #ifdef TEST_BASE_STRING
 

ndb/src/common/util/Makefile.am

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ libgeneral_la_SOURCES = \
 	    NdbSqlUtil.cpp new.cpp \
             uucode.c random.c getarg.c version.c \
             strdup.c strlcat.c strlcpy.c \
-            ConfigValues.cpp ndb_init.c
+            ConfigValues.cpp ndb_init.c basestring_vsnprintf.c
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/ndb/config/common.mk.am
 include $(top_srcdir)/ndb/config/type_util.mk.am

ndb/src/common/util/basestring_vsnprintf.c

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// define on IRIX to get posix complian vsnprintf
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int
+basestring_vsnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, va_list ap)
+{
+  return(vsnprintf(str, size, format, ap));
+}