GNU bug report logs - #15970
[Bug-tar] Crash in gettext() after fork() on Mac OS X

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:11:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #31 received at 15970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 15970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15970: [Bug-tar] Crash in gettext() after fork() on Mac OS X
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 01:25:52 +0000

On 11/26/2013 10:09 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Hi Pádraig,
> 
> Thanks for dealing with that. Your patch looks correct.
> Did you consider using inttostr in place of that first part of async_safe_error?

Paul suggested that too and I've pushed an updated patch now.
I'd searched for INTTOSTR without luck, and in my tired state
just open coded it meaning to come back and search for the routine :)

thanks,
Pádraig.
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