GNU bug report logs - #55673
[PATCH] cache: Catch valid integer for 'last-expiry-cleanup'.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 08:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #56 received at 55673 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, 55673 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#55673] [PATCH v2] cache: Catch valid integer for
 'last-expiry-cleanup'.
Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 19:29:51 +0200

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zimoun schreef op vr 27-05-2022 om 17:46 [+0200]:
> +      (catch #t   ; Handle value out of range (e.g., 1234567890 -> 12E4567890)
> +        (lambda ()
> +          ;; Handle empty or corrupted 'expiry-file' when 'write' below is
> +          ;; interrupted before being complete (e.g., SIGINT with C-c) or when
> +          ;; the filesystem crashes.
> +          (or (string->number value) 0))

Why are 'stack-error' and 'out-of-memory' being caught?
I recommend using one of the regexes from string->generations
in (guix ui) instead to avoid catching too much.

Greetings,
Maxime.

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