Bug#264459: bblaunch segfaults under Fedora Core 2 (patch)
Package: bblaunch
Version: 0.0.3-5
Any attempt to run bblaunch on Fedora Core 2 under Fluxbox results in "Segmentation fault" with no
core file. This behavior is consistent regardless of arguments used.
[root@tomis .backups]# uname -a
Linux tomis 2.6.5-1.358.8kstacks #1 Sat May 22 21:46:42 EDT 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[root@tomis .backups]# ls -l /lib/libc.so.6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jun 12 23:16 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.3.3.so
It appears that this package is no longer maintained:
http://packages.qa.debian.org/b/bblaunch.html
I tracked down the problem to a bad cast and, as it turns out, the variable in question wasn't
even being used. I deleted the line and everything works just fine. Patch is below my signoff.
Please note that I cannot guarantee that this will fix anything in bblaunch other than allowing it
to run with the "-d 0" option, which I use to create a borderless aterm under fluxbox.
Cheers,
Ovid
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Only in bblaunch-0.0.3: bblaunch
diff -u bblaunch-0.0.3.orig/bblaunch.c bblaunch-0.0.3/bblaunch.c
--- bblaunch-0.0.3.orig/bblaunch.c 2004-08-08 10:14:14.560014872 -0700
+++ bblaunch-0.0.3/bblaunch.c 2004-08-08 10:15:09.425674024 -0700
@@ -170,8 +170,6 @@
launchargs.iconic = False;
launchargs.pause = 1000;
- sprintf(launchargs.call, "%s", (char *)atoi(argv[0]));
-
i = 1;
valargs = 1;
while ((i < argc) && valargs) {
diff -u bblaunch-0.0.3.orig/bblaunch.h bblaunch-0.0.3/bblaunch.h
--- bblaunch-0.0.3.orig/bblaunch.h 2004-08-08 10:14:14.560014872 -0700
+++ bblaunch-0.0.3/bblaunch.h 2004-08-08 10:15:16.908536456 -0700
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
typedef struct LArgs
{
- char call[1024];
char command[1024];
unsigned long flags, attrib, workspace, stack, decoration;
unsigned long pause;
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