GNU bug report logs - #31935
2 crashes in diffutills commit version 576645c

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Hongxu Chen <leftcopy.chx <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:35:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 31935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, Hongxu Chen <leftcopy.chx <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 31935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#31935: bug#31935: 2 crashes in diffutills
 commit version 576645c
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 19:11:02 -0800

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Jim Meyering wrote:
> There are still numerous unguarded [-1] references, so this updated
> patch is doubtless still incomplete:

The real bug was elsewhere, I think. I installed the attached patch. This patch 
lacks your test case, which didn't work for me because there is no 
require_valgrind_ in diffutils. Is require_valgrind_ from coreutils or from some 
other location?

[0001-diff-fix-UMR-with-strip-trailing-cr.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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