Bug#159756: marked as done ([doogie@debian.org: Re: install-info vs. perl 5.8])
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 13:42:55 -0400
From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: [doogie@debian.org: Re: install-info vs. perl 5.8]
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 12:35:04 -0500 (CDT)
From: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
Subject: Re: install-info vs. perl 5.8
To: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
cc: <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>, <debian-perl@lists.debian.org>,
Jack Howarth <howarth@bromo.msbb.uc.edu>
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> [CC me if you reply to debian-dpkg]
>
> So... apparently, because of changes in Perl, an existing bug has become
> much more easily triggered. It won't be fixed without a major regex
> rewrite. Thus, I think it's reasonable to work around it. The patch even
> improves the performance of install-info at no loss of functionality...
>
> --- /usr/sbin/install-info 2002-07-14 16:19:49.000000000 -0400
> +++ install-info 2002-09-05 13:08:05.000000000 -0400
> @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
> }
>
> close(IF); &checkpipe;
> - if ($asread =~ m/(\*\s*[^:]+:\s*\(([^\)]+)\).*\. *.*\n){2,}/) {
> + if ($asread =~ m/(\*\s*[^:]+:\s*\(([^\)]+)\).*\. *.*\n){2}/) {
> $infoentry= $asread;
> $multiline= 1;
> $fileinentry = $2;
>
>
> This changes the value if $fileinentry, potentially, but it's dead on this
> code path anyway. It'll always be reset in the if (length ($infoentry))
> block below. Sound reasonable?
Refile this as a bug, and then I'll upload .8.
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From: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
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Subject: Bug#159756: fixed in dpkg 1.10.8
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Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 14:10:23 -0400
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We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dpkg, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
dpkg-dev_1.10.8_all.deb
to pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg-dev_1.10.8_all.deb
dpkg-doc_1.10.8_all.deb
to pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg-doc_1.10.8_all.deb
dpkg_1.10.8.dsc
to pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.10.8.dsc
dpkg_1.10.8.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.10.8.tar.gz
dpkg_1.10.8_i386.deb
to pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.10.8_i386.deb
dselect_1.10.8_i386.deb
to pool/main/d/dpkg/dselect_1.10.8_i386.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 159756@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> (supplier of updated dpkg package)
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 16:32:01 -0500
Source: dpkg
Binary: dpkg-static dselect dpkg-dev dpkg-doc dpkg
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 1.10.8
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Dpkg Development <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
Description:
dpkg - Package maintenance system for Debian
dpkg-dev - Package building tools for Debian
dpkg-doc - Dpkg Internals Documentation
dselect - a user tool to manage Debian packages
Closes: 159756
Changes:
dpkg (1.10.8) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Make the multiline regex have an upper bound, instead of being
unbounded, as newer perls have a larger stack frame, which cause them
to segfault quicker with larger inputs. Closes: #159756.
Files:
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3f1502086ab0df1e2c5b33a8025f0c6d 1568924 base required dpkg_1.10.8.tar.gz
81e8f302394ee5b1193d55454b2a0c5d 1137068 base required dpkg_1.10.8_i386.deb
57a87285b8888ccb5fb1c31ab5c47683 89582 base required dselect_1.10.8_i386.deb
a1d29143aa573f4500231b72a602df7e 1127614 byhand - dpkg-1.10.8_i386.nondebbin.tar.gz
d198caecee736db9c979aa05a96badce 1629980 byhand - dpkg-1.10.8_i386-static.nondebbin.tar.gz
364d27a99063d1f575c2f9bc7aa151e5 111742 utils standard dpkg-dev_1.10.8_all.deb
eabe0c956678660de57f2e127b8fc3fa 10690 doc optional dpkg-doc_1.10.8_all.deb
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