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Bug#342782: xterm -e ./cmd tries to find a wrong program cmd and crashes



On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 01:20:10PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: xterm
> Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7
> Severity: important
> 
> As shown by strace -f, "xterm -e ./cmd" tries to access cmd found in
> $PATH (ignoring ".") instead of cmd found in the current directory.

This was fixed in patch #203:

http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_203

Patch #203 - 2005/7/6 - XFree86 4.5.99.7

	amend change to command-line processing in patch #201 to avoid conflict
	with -e option (report by Servatius Brandt).

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Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

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