Bug#247848: tetex-bin: xdvi: large numerical prefixes lead to integer overflow
tags 247848 fixed-in-experimental
thanks
Stefan Ulrich <stefan-ulrich.nntp@zen.co.uk> wrote:
> Matt Swift <swift@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>
>> In any case, I don't have the full fix, but I have a fix in
>> pseudocode, if someone else figures out how to define the portable C
>> MAXINT magical constant.
>
>> (Hi Stefan -- yes, this problem is still there in xdvi 22.82.1-cvs1.
>> The code from the Debian version quoted below is only slightly
>> different: no "static" number and no #if TOOLKIT. I submit the bug to
>> Debian because I hope a Debian person can supply the part I don't know
>> how to write and submit a real patch upstream.)
>
> Thanks very much for the suggestions; I've added them to the
> xdvik CVS (xdvik-22.83-CVS2).
teTeX-3.0 has xdvik version 22.84.9, tagging
Bye, Frank
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Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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