Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 23:00:38 GMT From: Nicholas Mills <nlmills@g.clemson.edu> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/147482: mksnap_ffs(8) prints garbage as error message when nmount(2) fails Message-ID: <201006042300.o54N0cOp030979@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201006042310.o54NA0t9012225@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 147482 >Category: bin >Synopsis: mksnap_ffs(8) prints garbage as error message when nmount(2) fails >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jun 04 23:10:00 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nicholas Mills >Release: 8.0-RELEASE >Organization: Clemson University >Environment: FreeBSD freebsd.localdomain 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC 2009 root@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: The utility named mksnap_ffs(8) outputs uninitialized data as an error message in certain cases when nmount(2) fails. >How-To-Repeat: Run "mksnap_ffs /" to get the error message "mksnap_ffs: Cannot create snapshot /: <garbage>: Is a directory". >Fix: The errmsg string should be initialized and only output if it is set by nmount(2). >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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