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From: Jin Guojun (FTG staff) <jin@george.lbl.gov>
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Subject: re: bin/16271
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This problem also exists in 4.0 release. The patch is very simple,
and the concept is clear. Can we fix this problem with apply the
following patch?

Thanks,

	-Jin

} Description
} 
}              an unsinged len is used to compare with signed expression,
}              this causes core dump because the (len > 0) always true,
}              so loop never ends.
} 

patch:

*** contrib/nvi/ex/ex_subst.c	Thu Oct 31 22:45:30 1996
--- /tmp/ex_subst.c.new	Thu Mar 30 21:35:24 2000
***************
*** 1177,1183 ****
  	size_t *plenp;
  	int *replacedp;
  {
! 	size_t blen, len;
  	int lastdollar;
  	char *bp, *p, *t;
  
--- 1177,1184 ----
  	size_t *plenp;
  	int *replacedp;
  {
! 	size_t blen;
! 	int len;
  	int lastdollar;
  	char *bp, *p, *t;
  


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