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Date:      Thu, 13 Mar 1997 01:11:26 +0100 (CET)
From:      Robert Eckardt <roberte@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/2968: fmt dumps core on ^M
Message-ID:  <199703130011.BAA04027@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Resent-Message-ID: <199703130020.QAA21578@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         2968
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       fmt dumps core on ^M
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar 12 16:20:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Robert Eckardt
>Organization:
Home sweet home
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A i386
>Environment:

	FreeBSD-2.2-beta with tcsh under X

>Description:

	fmt experiences Bus error when one tries to format
	a text that contains ^M (CRs), i.e. e.g. from an
	MSDOS system.

>How-To-Repeat:

	In the simplest case:
	1:05 ghost: /home/re 0% printf '\r'>fmttest
	1:05 ghost: /home/re 0% fmt fmttest
	Bus error (core dumped)

>Fix:
	
	??? (no space for sources)

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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