Re: parsing bug

[Thomas Dickey]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 07:11:38PM -0300, Aaron Campbell wrote:
> $ uname -a
> OpenBSD killswitch 2.8 GENERIC#299 i386
> $ /usr/bin/tic /dev/zero
> Memory fault (core dumped) 
> $ /usr/bin/captoinfo /dev/zero
> Memory fault (core dumped)
> 
> bash$ uname -a
> Linux linux 2.2.17 #1 Fri Sep 8 15:49:43 ADT 2000 i686 unknown
> bash$ /usr/bin/tic /dev/zero      
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> bash$ /usr/bin/captoinfo /dev/zero
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> 
> As far as I can see, tic calls nc_read_entry_source, then that calls

...which can be fixed by doing an fstat/stat on the input stream to
ensure that it's really a file and not a device or directory (thanks).

> nc_parse_entry, etc. etc. Don't really feel like following the whole
> chain, thought I'd report it here instead. :)
> 
> Aaron
> 
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