GNU bug report logs - #7370
[PATCH] csplit: diagnose file counter wraparound

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Package: coreutils;

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

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 7370-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 7370-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7370: [PATCH] csplit: diagnose file counter wraparound
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:59:32 +0200

Paul Eggert wrote:
> (Ordinarily I guess I'd just install something like this, but since
> we're near a release I held off.  The bug is unlikely in practice.)
>
> * src/csplit.c (create_output_file): Detect overflow when the
> file counter wraps around, and exit with a diagnostic.  Formerly
> the code silently wrapped around and wrote to the wrong file,
> losing output data.

This was pushed in December.  Closing.
This bug report was last modified 14 years and 125 days ago.

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