GNU bug report logs - #50611
one-byte (write) heap-buffer-underrun

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Package: coreutils;

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

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 50611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, jim <at> meyering.net
Subject: bug#50611: one-byte (write) heap-buffer-underrun
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:34:18 +0100

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On 16/09/2021 08:26, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thanks for reporting that. I installed the attached to fix it.

Thanks to you both.
The fix looks good.

It got me thinking though, that we should not we warning/failing on blank lines.
I.e., we should be treating blank lines like comments.
The attached does that.

cheers,
Pádraig


[digest-blank-lines.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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