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Date:      Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:09:03 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, jwe@che.utexas.edu, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] Re: man dumps core if no manpath.config directories exist
Message-ID:  <20021013010903.GA98767@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <3DA8C643.7F7235B1@mindspring.com>
References:  <20021012225115.GA96279@xor.obsecurity.org> <3DA8C643.7F7235B1@mindspring.com>

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On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 06:02:59PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > It's pretty clear what's going on..none of the directories in
> > /etc/manpath.config exist, so len=3D0, so malloc(0) "succeeds" and does
> > nothing, leaving manpathlist a null pointer.
> >=20
> > This situation can occur if e.g. you install the 'base' freebsd
> > distribution into a jail, without installing any of the manpages.  In
> > this situation none of the manpage directories are created either.
>=20
> Uh... so fix it?

That's why I reported it.

> Patch attached.

Thanks.

Kris

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