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Subject: bin/15829: cvs -C not_a_number core dumps
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>Number:         15829
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       cvs -C not_a_number core dumps
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan  1 17:20:00 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Joe Karthauser
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
FreeBSD
>Environment:

	FreeBSD-4.0 as of date.

>Description:

	The 'cvs diff -C' command core dumps if given a non-numeric
	context length.
	
>How-To-Repeat:

	genius# cvs diff -C 1 Makefile.inc 
	Index: Makefile.inc
	===================================================================
	RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/lib/libc/gen/Makefile.inc,v
	retrieving revision 1.57
	diff -C1 -r1.57 Makefile.inc
	*** Makefile.inc        1999/12/27 04:43:54     1.57
	--- Makefile.inc        2000/01/01 22:03:02
	***************
	*** 22,24 ****
		scandir.c seed48.c seekdir.c semconfig.c semctl.c semget.c semop.c \
	!       setdomainname.c sethostname.c setjmperr.c setmode.c shmat.c \
		shmctl.c shmdt.c shmget.c siginterrupt.c siglist.c signal.c \
	--- 22,24 ----
		scandir.c seed48.c seekdir.c semconfig.c semctl.c semget.c semop.c \
	!       setdomainname.c setflags.c sethostname.c setjmperr.c setmode.c shmat.c \
		shmctl.c shmdt.c shmget.c siginterrupt.c siglist.c signal.c \




	genius# cvs diff -C not_a_number Makefile.inc 
	Index: Makefile.inc
	===================================================================
	RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/lib/libc/gen/Makefile.inc,v
	retrieving revision 1.57
	diff -Cnot_a_number -r1.57 Makefile.inc
	cvs diff: invalid context length argument
	zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped)  cvs diff -C not_a_number Makefile.inc



>Fix:

	No investigation done.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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