Bug#749276: proftpd-basic: sftp crash with long files, solved in 1.3.4b

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On Fri, 2014-02-07 at 17:18 +0100, Marco Innocenti wrote:
> We were trying to upload a 100MB file using sftp but proftpd kept crashing.
> I upgraded the software using the version currently in testing (1.3.5~rc3) and
> the problem has gone away.
> 
> I think that I was hit by http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3743 which is
> solved in 1.3.4b or changing 2 lines in the sources
> (http://bugs.proftpd.org/attachment.cgi?id=3730)

As I mentioned on IRC recently, we were hit by this at my employer and I
can confirm that the trivial patch fixes the issue on wheezy.

I'd be interested in seeing this fixed via p-u; I'm happy to handle the
update directly if you'd prefer, just let me know.

Regards,

Adam