2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e65218a096..08070547d0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-06-21  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	maint: disable the strncpy prohibition
+	* cfg.mk: Do not prohibit strncpy here.
+
 2012-06-21  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	nonblocking: Avoid compilation error on mingw64.
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 3735b3dbdf..a2b4b487fd 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -56,3 +56,6 @@ exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_doubled_word = \
 exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_openat_without_use = ^lib/selinux-at\.c$$
 exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_trailing_blank = \
   ^(.*\.class|build-aux/texinfo\.tex|doc/Copyright/assign\.future\.manual)$$
+
+# Disable strncpy prohibition completely, for now.
+exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_strncpy = .*