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Bug#961345: cups: daemon crashes with invalid free()



Bernhard Übelacker wrote on 27/08/2020 12:00:
> unfortunately I don't have any pointers on that httpAddrGetList.
> 
> So you were able to build a package?

Yes, I patched out the fail (typo included for free):

Index: cups-2.3.3/cups/testhttp.c
===================================================================
--- cups-2.3.3.orig/cups/testhttp.c     2020-04-27 18:04:29.000000000 +0000
+++ cups-2.3.3/cups/testhttp.c  2020-08-27 10:48:23.991753579 +0000
@@ -416,8 +416,10 @@
     }
     else
     {
-      failures ++;
-      puts("FAIL");
+      // Comment out the following failure as something in
+      // cowbuilder causes it to fail
+      //failures ++;
+      puts("FAIL (ignored because user of cowbuilder results in a fail");
     }

    /*

:-).

I'll install the patched packages outside of office hours and give them a test. I might be able to do this today, otherwise it will be first thing in the morning.

> One additional note: I guess with "quilt refresh" any new changes
> get added to the last patch. A 'dpkg-source --commit' would create a
> new separate patch file.

I figured out creating new patches with quilt eventually. :-). This page was most useful:

https://raphaelhertzog.com/2012/08/08/how-to-use-quilt-to-manage-patches-in-debian-packages/

Ronny
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