wescott@sauron.UUCP (09/10/86)
The newform(1) program gracelessly dumps core if you feed it a long
enough line. Patch is below. The fix truncates input at NCOLS (512)
characters.
Your line numbers will differ:
*** newform.c.orig Tue Sep 9 14:10:18 1986
--- newform.c Tue Sep 9 16:58:42 1986
***************
*** 558,563
char *xarea, /* Temporary pointer to character array */
UNDEF = '\377', /* Undefined char for return */
*temp; /* Array pointer */
xarea = area;
if (kludge && (fp == stdin)) {
--- 559,566 -----
char *xarea, /* Temporary pointer to character array */
UNDEF = '\377', /* Undefined char for return */
*temp; /* Array pointer */
+ int cnt = NCOLS; /* Count chars read in */
+ int errflg = 0; /* Line too long aleady been said */
xarea = area;
if (kludge && (fp == stdin)) {
***************
*** 567,573
return(xarea);
}
else {
! while ((*area++ = c = getc(fp)) != '\n' && c != EOF) ;
if (c == EOF) {
if (--area == xarea)return(NULL);
else {
--- 570,584 -----
return(xarea);
}
else {
! while ((*area++ = c = getc(fp)) != '\n' && c != EOF)
! if (cnt-- <= 0) {
! area--;
! if (!errflg) {
! fprintf(stderr,
! "newform: input line too long, truncated\n");
! errflg++;
! }
! }
if (c == EOF) {
if (--area == xarea)return(NULL);
else {
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*** 576,582
}
}
}
! return(&UNDEF); /* Stops 'lint's complaint about return(e) VS return. */
}
/* _________________________________________________________________ */
--- 587,593 -----
}
}
}
! return(xarea);
}
/* _________________________________________________________________ */
--
-Mike Wescott
ncrcae!wescott