GNU bug report logs - #32427
several issues found by covscan in diffutils-3.6

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: than <than <at> redhat.com>

Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:18:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32427: closed (several issues found by covscan in diffutils-3.6)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 19:08:01 +0000

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regarding several issues found by covscan in diffutils-3.6
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From: than <than <at> redhat.com>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: several issues found by covscan in diffutils-3.6
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:43:43 +0200

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Covscan found a large number of issues in diffutils-3.6. The Coverity 
covscan result is attached.


Best Regards,

Than


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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: than <than <at> redhat.com>, 32427-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#32427: several issues found by covscan in
 diffutils-3.6
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:07:03 -0700

than wrote:
> Covscan found a large number of issues in diffutils-3.6.

My goodness, that is a large number of issues. However, after I looked at the 
first 100 lines' worth, I found that every last issue was a false alarm. If you 
know of a real bug buried deep in there somewhere please let us know. In the 
meantime I'm going to boldly close this bug report.

You might also want to let the covscan authors know that their tool is crying 
wolf waaaay too often.
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