GNU bug report logs - #47412
env: fragile argument parsing

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Frank Busse <f.busse <at> imperial.ac.uk>

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 47412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Frank Busse <f.busse <at> imperial.ac.uk>
Cc: 47412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47412: env: fragile argument parsing
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:06:15 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 3/26/21 3:21 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> The -S code could use some more fixes in this area too - it can 
> probably still dump core on platforms like the Hurd that don't limit 
> exec arg size - but one thing at a time. 

I fixed the (unlikely) bugs I found in this area by installing the attached.


[0001-env-simplify-split-string-memory-management.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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