Bug#5280: makeinfo dumps core if given >1 texinfo files
Package: texinfo
Version: 3.7-1
femto[/tmp]$ makeinfo rlman.texinfo
Making info file `readline.info' from `rlman.texinfo'.
femto[/tmp]$ makeinfo hist.texinfo
Making info file `history.info' from `hist.texinfo'.
femto[/tmp]$ makeinfo rlman.texinfo hist.texinfo
Making info file `readline.info' from `rlman.texinfo'.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[status 139]
femto[/tmp]$ gdb /usr/bin/makeinfo core
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GDB 4.16 (i486-debian-linux), Copyright 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc...
(no debugging symbols found)...
Core was generated by `makeinfo rlman.texinfo hist.texinfo'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.5.4.7...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.1...done.
#0 0x4007c0d7 in free ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x4007c0d7 in free ()
#1 0x8028758 in ?? ()
#2 0x18 in ?? ()
The problem is almost assuredly a memory allocation problem caught by
malloc-dl.
Guy
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