I think I will fix this by reducing/halving the max value allowed in
cfengine rather than changing the type, as this could have knockon
consequences.
Matt Richards wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> On AIX, there is a overflow in the syntax range checking sccanf. In
> syntax.c (CheckParseInt, as well as others functions in syntax.c):
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> long max = CF_LOWINIT, min = CF_HIGHINIT, val;
>
> ...
> sscanf(split->name,"%ld",&max);
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> The conversion overflows a long making it a negative number. Consider
> the test program as an example:
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> long max;
> long long lmax;
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> sscanf ("4026531839", "%lld", &lmax); // max range for mtime
> printf ("%lld\n", lmax);
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> sscanf ("4026531839", "%ld", &max); // sscanf in syntax.c
> printf ("%ld\n", max);
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> Output as follows:
> 4026531839
> -268435457
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
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