Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:23:18 +0300
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Daniel Taupin <taupin AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr>
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	Tue, 10 Apr 2001 18:19:33 -0700)
Subject:	Re: Problems with locate.exe
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> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 18:19:33 -0700
> From: Daniel Taupin <taupin AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr>
> 
> 4. Since the source have the -g option, symify is meaningful and it says
> that the error occurs at line 104 of getline.c i.e.
> 
>       if (c == EOF || ferror (stream))
>         {
>           /* Return partial line, if any.  */
>           if (read_pos == *lineptr)
>             return -1;
>           else
>             break;
>         }
> 
>       *read_pos++ = c;    <-  here is the crash (page fault)
>       nchars_avail--;
> 
>       if (c == terminator)
>         /* Return the line.  */
>         break;
> 
>  Question: what do you say now?

How about: ``please give more details''?

For example: what is the values of read_pos and *lineptr when it
crashes?  What is nchars_avail?  What is the value of *n?

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