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Date:      Thu, 16 Oct 1997 15:40:19 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nathan Torkington <gnat@frii.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   bin/4783: make dumps core on some incorrectly formatted makefiles
Message-ID:  <199710162140.PAA06017@elara.frii.com>
Resent-Message-ID: <199710162150.OAA26934@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         4783
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       make dumps core on some incorrectly formatted makefiles
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 16 14:50:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Nathan Torkington
>Organization:
Interchangeable Antipodeans, Inc.
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386
>Environment:

	FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE on i386 machine (does it on all 2.2-STABLE
	boxes I have access to)

>Description:

	I have a Makefile which has 8 spaces instead of the leading
	tab (yes, I know that makes it incorrect).  Instead of gracefully
	aborting, it looks like a buffer is being overflowed and
	make is coredumping.

>How-To-Repeat:

Use the Makefile in
http://www.best.com/~mcravit/pilot/HelloWorld.tar.gz (you don't need
any other software -- make vomits before it starts running external
commands).

>Fix:
	
I haven't looked at the source to make nor made a patch.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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