Bug#598932: /usr/bin/info segmentation fault
severity 598932 normal
tags 598932 + unreproducible
thanks
On So, 03 Okt 2010, Sergio Gelato wrote:
> (Problem originally observed on lenny, with info 4.11.dfsg.1-4, both i386
> and amd64 platforms; confirmed on squeeze i386.)
>
> The info command reproducibly segfaults when viewing a certain (possibly
> corrupt, but still...) info file.
>
> To reproduce, get /usr/share/info/accounting.info.gz from version 6.4~pre1-6
> of the acct package. This is the version in lenny; I was unable to reproduce
> the segfault with the corresponding file from acct 6.5.4-2 which is currently
> in squeeze.
>
> Then run "info accounting", navigate to the menu entry for dump-acct, and
> hit Return.
I disagree. I just now tried with that very same file from lenny,
so the info top page gives:
This is Edition 6.4-pre1 of the documentation, updated 7 January
2006 for version 6.4-pre1 of the GNU Accounting Utilities.
and when I go tpo
* dump-acct
and press enter I only get
dump-acct: No such file or directory
Which is a different bug, but I guess that is an error in the acct package
and not in info.
Can you please send me *YOUR* version of accounting.info.gz, together
with a backtrace of info, otherwise I cannot even guess what is going
on, since here on:
- sid on amd 64
- info from sid
- accounting.info.gz from lenny
I cannot reproduce this bug.
Best wishes
Norbert
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