GNU bug report logs - #33181
sed --debug: fix two problems

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Package: sed;

Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:01:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, 33181 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33181: sed --debug: fix two problems
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:56:34 -0600
On 2018-10-27 5:00 p.m., Jim Meyering wrote:
> That exposed what looked like a UMR bug.  I confirmed it by
> running under valgrind.  Fixed by the first patch below.
[...]
> Initially, I didn't even reach the offending code because
> that same system lacked perl's Data::Dump module.
> That is addressed by the second patch.

Good catch!
I should have used the new "make build-asan" to test the new debug
feature, I now see it does report similar failures.

Thanks for the quick fix, looks good.

-assaf





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