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From: Drew Derbyshire <ahd@kew.com>
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Subject: misc/3217: rmail err function
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>Number:         3217
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       The rmail.c err() function will fail in most cases
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Apr  6 21:40:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Drew Derbyshire
>Organization:
Kendra Electronic Wonderworks, Stoneham MA
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

	sendmail and uucp being used with rmail as interface

>Description:

	The rmail.c module includes a 'err' function to "make it
	a bit more portable".  However, this version is very 
	incomplete, always assuming the second argument is valid,
	when in fact the err is often invoked with a value of NULL.
	

>How-To-Repeat:

	Cause malloc to fail in rmail.	

>Fix:
	
	Use the real library version of err.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: