Re: ZSH segfaults with huge command

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

I think we're going to need a backtrace from zsh, but here's one shot in
the dark which is the nearest I can guess.  I don't think it's the
problem, though, and in any case I'd refer to know the root cause.

Index: Src/glob.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Src/glob.c,v
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -r1.31 glob.c
--- Src/glob.c	6 Oct 2003 22:42:39 -0000	1.31
+++ Src/glob.c	15 Oct 2003 15:31:54 -0000
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@
 {
     char buf[PATH_MAX];
 
-    DPUTS(strlen(s) + !*s + pathpos - pathbufcwd >= PATH_MAX,
-	  "BUG: statfullpath(): pathname too long");
+    if (strlen(s) + !*s + pathpos - pathbufcwd >= PATH_MAX)
+	return 1;
     strcpy(buf, pathbuf + pathbufcwd);
     strcpy(buf + pathpos - pathbufcwd, s);
     if (!*s && *buf) {

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070


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