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Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:33:48 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: dxegen goes boom. is there a fix?
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On 28 Feb 2002, Martin Stromberg wrote:

> There's a bug (mildly speaking):
> Lines 89-91 and 115-119 of dxegen.c:
>   if (fh.f_nscns != 1 || argc > 4)
>   {
>     char command[1024], *libdir;
> ...
> 
>     for(i=3;argv[i];i++)
>     {
>       strcat(command, argv[i]);
>       strcat(command, " ");
>     }
> 
> This will blow up when the command line becomes bigger than 1024.

Thanks.

The moral of today's lesson: never put any arbitrary limits into your 
program, 'cause one day they will be overrun.

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