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Bug#264887: marked as done (GLOB_APPEND ignored by glob() in at least one place)



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Package: libc6
Version: 2.3.2.ds1-13
Tags: patch

When the GLOB_APPEND flag is passed to glob(), the call is supposed to
tack new results on to the ones already represented in the glob_t passed
in.  If there is an error, partial results may be added, but the
original glob_t should definitely be left alone.

This is not respected in at least one part of glibc's glob
implementation.  In this particular place, globfree() is called on the
glob_t regardless of the flags passed.  Since glob() is implemented
recursively with GLOB_APPEND added to the flags, this can affect the
results returned even from a call where GLOB_APPEND is not set.

The following patch fixes the one instance of this behavior I found.

Attachment: glob-respect-append.dpatch
Description: application/shellscript


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+ no testcase + recent rewrite of significant portions of the code

closing.

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