Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 15:40:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@frii.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/4783: make dumps core on some incorrectly formatted makefiles Message-ID: <199710162140.PAA06017@elara.frii.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199710162150.OAA26934@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4783 >Category: bin >Synopsis: make dumps core on some incorrectly formatted makefiles >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 16 14:50:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nathan Torkington >Organization: Interchangeable Antipodeans, Inc. >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE on i386 machine (does it on all 2.2-STABLE boxes I have access to) >Description: I have a Makefile which has 8 spaces instead of the leading tab (yes, I know that makes it incorrect). Instead of gracefully aborting, it looks like a buffer is being overflowed and make is coredumping. >How-To-Repeat: Use the Makefile in http://www.best.com/~mcravit/pilot/HelloWorld.tar.gz (you don't need any other software -- make vomits before it starts running external commands). >Fix: I haven't looked at the source to make nor made a patch. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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