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Date:      Fri, 29 Aug 1997 14:28:34 +1000 (WET)
From:      Andrew Cagney <cagney@tpgi.com.au>
To:        hoek@hwcn.org
Cc:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, GNATS Management <gnats@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bin/4403: vasprintf (3) corrupts memory
Message-ID:  <wo1Yzm460kM0RX3Otl@tpgi.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970828015215.13863B-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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Excerpts from mail: 28-Aug-97 Re: bin/4403: vasprintf (3).. Tim
Vanderhoek@hwcn.org (1560*)

> > 	Probably also in FreeBSD 2.2.2.

> Yes.  But not anything beyond.  You could have tried getting a
> new copy of vasprintf.c from -current.  The only reason it's in
> 2.2.2 is because people (committers?) don't fix pr's when they're
> submitted.  Kudos to those who have recently taken the time to
> close as many pr's as possible.

FYI,  I'm not interested in current, just `stable'.  Unfortunatly, it
sounds like stable isn't as stable as one would like :-(.

I'll think about adding a hack to libiberty, forcing it to use the FSF
version of vasprintf on any freebsd-2.[12].* machine.

Thanks for sorting out the FreeBSD end.

			Andrew



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