Bug#598932: /usr/bin/info segmentation fault
On 05.10.10 Norbert Preining (preining@logic.at) wrote:
> On So, 03 Okt 2010, Sergio Gelato wrote:
Hi all,
> > (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:
>
I could reproduce the problem on i386 and I posted the info file into
the bug. Unfortunately that mail didn't make it to the mailing list.
H.
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sigmentation fault
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