On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 08:49:37PM -0700, Paul Vojta wrote: > On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 04:09:19PM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > > 2013/5/31 Paul Vojta <vo...@math.berkeley.edu>: > > > Package: nvi > > > Version: 1.81.6-10 > > > Severity: minor > > > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > > > The :file command (also ^G) often gives nonsensical percentages in its > > > output. > > > > > > For example (while editing this bug report): > > > > > > /tmp/mutt-xps-1000-8668-306287981309926837: modified: line 8 of 32 > > > [140733193388057%] > > > > > > (It sometimes does give the right percentage, though.) > > > > I can confirm that. And it seems to be a regression from the wheezy version. > > Since I didn't change the source code in any way, I played around with the > > compiler flags. Disabling _FORTIFY_SOURCE seems to "fix" it, although > > I have no idea why. > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > Frank Lichtenheld <dj...@debian.org> > > I think it happens because of what some register has been used for in > the past. I haven't succeeded in reproducing it in a smaller program, > though. > > The bug is that the percentage is being printed with %ld, but is an int. > What I can't figure out is why it doesn't occur with the other two numbers > in the message (8 and 32 in the example I gave). Both lno and last are of > type db_recno_t, which equates to u_int32_t, unsigned int (db.h line 123). > > Here's a patch that also fixes the problem, and which should be more robust. > > --Paul Vojta, vo...@math.berkeley.edu
I compiled nvi-1.81.6 on my Ubuntu system at the office (gcc 4.6.3), and the bug does not occur. So, the problem could possibly be a gcc bug. However, using %ld to print an int value is definitely a bug and should be fixed. --Paul Vojta, vo...@math.berkeley.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
