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Re: Segfault in the 2.0.0 installer


From: Pierre Riteau <pierre.riteau@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:19:40 +0200

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 02:10:56PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :OK, I tracked it down to an off-by-one that was probably corrupting
> :malloc internals.
> :
> :A quick grep through the code found the same issue in other files
> :(looks like copy and paste).
> :
> :Diff inline below.
> :
> :Pierre Riteau
> 
>     Excellent sleuthing!  We'll get these patches committed ASAP.
> 
>     This is also a dividend of the easier access to the installer sources
>     we got when Dave Hayes ported it into the base system bulid.
> 
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@backplane.com>

Yes, it was very handy to have the installer in the source tree and
moreover being able to quickly recompile it and run it directly on the
system.

Pierre Riteau



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