Re: Bug#260767: double-free on small allocations causes infinite loop or SIGSEGV in malloc
At Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:26:29 -0500,
Jeff Licquia wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 23:55, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > If the LSB people do not have an adequate process for handling bugs in
> > their tests, that's not glibc's problem. Even SPEC can manage this...
I fully agree with Daniel Jacobowitz.
> The problem is not that the LSB can't handle bug reports; the problem is
> that the LSB is in the middle of getting out a release, and is thus
> loath to rock the boat for a problem that only appears to affect a
> minority of systems so far.
>
> I can't argue with your conclusion. OTOH, there is a possibility that
> this will make it impossible for Debian to certify to the LSB in the
> near future. That may make a difference to some, or it may not.
If LSB people refuses to certify debian for the reason of this bug,
then we clearly say LSB is not a worthwhile certification.
BTW, this bug is appeared with the today's glibc cvs, too.
Regards,
-- gotom
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