Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/05/14/08:59:14
There is a newer version available ... .6 that has such a fix in it
already.
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kilroy, David [mailto:david DOT kilroy AT detroitdiesel DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:51 PM
> To: Cygwin
> Subject: RE: setup.exe local install with 2.218.2.4 fails,
> 2.78.2.15works
>
>
> > It seems that all of these bug reports are on Win2K and XP Pro.
> > Has anyone successfully tested the recent setup.exe releases
> > (since the MD5 updates) on either of these platforms?
>
> I can confirm that setup 2.218.2.4 works on my Win2k SP2 box.
> Both install from internet and install from local directory.
>
> I did get the stack and parse errors in previous md5 setup snapshots.
>
> In 2.218.2.4 you will also see a crash if you have a file in
> the local cache directory with a 10 letter filename _and_ the
> string 'setup.ini' in the full path/filename (Unfortunate if
> you edit setup.ini with emacs). This may or may not have been
> fixed in .5 and .6; if it hasn't, see description below.
>
>
> Dave.
>
>
>
> line nos from 2.218.2.4 src posted to setup_snapshots.
> ini.cc: find_routine
>
> line 68:
> if (!strstr (path, "setup.ini"))
> return;
>
> ...
>
> line 85:
> /* Attempt to unescape the string */
> path[strlen(path) -10] = '\0';
> String mirror = rfc1738_unescape_part (path);
>
> tries to put null terminator at the last separator.
>
> If at this point you are at the root of the cache, and you
> are looking at setup.ini, the byte _before_ path is touched
> (which may affect further recursion of directories, see
> find.cc). The file is then parsed. Packages added to the
> mirror 'setup.ini.
>
> If we are looking at setup.ini in a cached mirror directory,
> everything works fine.
>
> If strlen(path) is 10 at this point (as with the file
> setup.ini~) the null is placed at the first char of path,
> causing the rfc1738 code to segfault (passing it a null string).
>
> We attempt to process other files that match and do not cause
> this fault. If it is indeed a setup backup, the package
> entries are added to the database under a bad? mirror name
> (hence files will not be found if that package is selected?).
>
> Possible fix off the top of my head (which matches files _only_ called
> setup.ini):
>
> line 68:
> if(!strcmp(path + strlen(path)- 9, "setup.ini"))
>
>
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