GNU bug report logs - #7201
unportable integer expression in src/install.c

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:37:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bug-coreutils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: unportable integer expression in src/install.c
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:39:27 -0700
Solaris 10 cc issues this warning:

"install.c", line 189: warning: initializer does not fit or is out of range: -61952

and indeed the code in question relies on undefined
behavior, as it shoehorns what may be a large negative
number into a small int variable.  Here's a patch
to src/install.c.  Maybe you should remove the "const"
while you're at it, as it's not that helpful here?

--- src/install.c~  2010-09-27 23:00:50.000000000 -0700
+++ src/install.c   2010-10-12 12:35:30.277787068 -0700
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ have_same_content (int a_fd, int b_fd)
 static bool
 extra_mode (mode_t input)
 {
-  const mode_t mask = ~S_IRWXUGO & ~S_IFMT;
-  return !! (input & mask);
+  const mode_t mask = S_IRWXUGO | S_IFMT;
+  return !! (input & ~ mask);
 }

 /* Return true if copy of file SRC_NAME to file DEST_NAME is necessary. */




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