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Date:      Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:30:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   re: bin/16271 (fwd)
Message-ID:  <200004171630.JAA30446@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/16271; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Cc:  
Subject: re: bin/16271 (fwd)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:25:23 -0500 (CDT)

 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 21:44:22 -0800 (PST)
 From: Jin Guojun <jin@george.lbl.gov>
 To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
 Subject: re: bin/16271
 
 This problem also exists in 4.0 release. The patch is very simple,
 and the concept is clear. Can we fix this problem with apply the
 following patch?
 
 Thanks,
 
 	-Jin
 
 } Description
 } 
 }              an unsinged len is used to compare with signed expression,
 }              this causes core dump because the (len > 0) always true,
 }              so loop never ends.
 } 
 
 patch:
 
 *** contrib/nvi/ex/ex_subst.c	Thu Oct 31 22:45:30 1996
 --- /tmp/ex_subst.c.new	Thu Mar 30 21:35:24 2000
 ***************
 *** 1177,1183 ****
   	size_t *plenp;
   	int *replacedp;
   {
 ! 	size_t blen, len;
   	int lastdollar;
   	char *bp, *p, *t;
   
 --- 1177,1184 ----
   	size_t *plenp;
   	int *replacedp;
   {
 ! 	size_t blen;
 ! 	int len;
   	int lastdollar;
   	char *bp, *p, *t;
   
 
 
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