Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:12:02 +0200 (CEST) From: oliver.fromme@heim3.tu-clausthal.de To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/13453: Strange /usr/bin/expand limit (fix included) Message-ID: <199908291512.RAA06780@dao-lin-hay.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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>Number: 13453 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Strange /usr/bin/expand limit (fix included) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Aug 29 08:20:01 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Oliver Fromme >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: Clausthal University of Technology, Computing Center >Environment: All versions of FreeBSD up to 4.0-current. >Description: /usr/bin/expand does not allow tab stops > 256 characters. There's no reason for such an arbitrary limit. >How-To-Repeat: printf '\t' | expand -3000 >Fix: --- expand.c.old Sun Dec 6 23:58:23 1998 +++ expand.c Sun Aug 29 17:08:15 1999 @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ i = 0; while (*cp >= '0' && *cp <= '9') i = i * 10 + *cp++ - '0'; - if (i <= 0 || i > 256) { + if (i <= 0) { bad: fprintf(stderr, "Bad tab stop spec\n"); exit(1); >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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