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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 08:47:22 +0200
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From: Kai Vorma <vode@snakemail.hut.fi>
To: current@freebsd.org
Subject: tail dumps core
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"cat file | tail" dumps core with the newest phk-malloc. This patch should
help.

*** read.c      Fri May 27 15:32:45 1994
--- read.c.ok   Tue Oct 10 08:30:35 1995
***************
*** 142,148 ****
  
        if ((lines = malloc(off * sizeof(*lines))) == NULL)
                err(1, "%s", strerror(errno));
! 
        sp = NULL;
        blen = cnt = recno = wrap = 0;
  
--- 142,148 ----
  
        if ((lines = malloc(off * sizeof(*lines))) == NULL)
                err(1, "%s", strerror(errno));
!       bzero(lines, off * sizeof(*lines));
        sp = NULL;
        blen = cnt = recno = wrap = 0;
  

..vode