Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:39:35 -0700 (PDT) From: dburr@borg-cube.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: dburr@borg-cube.com Subject: ports/26909: a2ps cannot handle long hostnames Message-ID: <200104280639.f3S6dZ098934@borg-cube.com>
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>Number: 26909 >Category: ports >Synopsis: a2ps cannot handle long hostnames >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Apr 27 23:50:00 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Donald Burr of Borg >Release: FreeBSD 4.3-RC i386 >Organization: The Borg Cube - Resistance is Futile! http://www.borg-cube.com/ >Environment: System: FreeBSD borg-cube.com 4.3-RC FreeBSD 4.3-RC #0: Tue Apr 17 01:17:06 PDT 2001 dburr@borg-cube.com:/usr/srctrees/RELENG_4/src/sys/compile/BORG-CUBE i386 a2ps port version: a2ps-letter-4.13 >Description: If a2ps is run on a machine with a long hostname, it bombs out with a "cannot allocate memory" error message. >How-To-Repeat: [dburr@scout:102 dburr]# hostname scoutship.collective.borg-cube.com [dburr@scout:103 dburr]# a2ps foo a2ps: gethostname: Cannot allocate memory [dburr@scout:104 dburr]# hostname scout.collective.borg-cube.com [dburr@scout:105 dburr]# a2ps foo a2ps: cannot open file `foo': No such file or directory [foo (unprintable): ignored] [No output produced] [dburr@scout:106 dburr]# >Fix: use a shorter hostname, put a CNAME in your DNS records so that the old name still works. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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