Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 14:33:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Karst.Koymans@phil.ruu.nl To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/1740: Setting TZ to unusual values crashes applications using localtime Message-ID: <199610082133.OAA28831@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199610082140.OAA29833@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1740 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Setting TZ to unusual values crashes applications using localtime >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 8 14:40:02 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Karst Koymans >Organization: Utrecht University >Release: 960501 snapshot >Environment: >Description: Setting TZ to unusual values like "Europe" crashes all applications using the localtime routine. This is because the tzload routine happily opens any file, even directories, as valid timezone files. "Europe" happens to be a directory under /usr/share/zoneinfo. >How-To-Repeat: TZ=Europe date >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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