severity 383467 grave tags 383467 + security lfs upstream
There are two problems here: * Upstream bug: The 'generic' target silently miscalculates large file sizes. * Packaging bug: On Linux, debian/rules runs builds the 'generic' target instead of the 'linux' one. The attached patch fixes the second bug and disables the insecure 'generic' target.
diff -ur wipe-0.20/debian/rules wipe/debian/rules --- wipe-0.20/debian/rules 2006-09-15 19:33:13.000000000 +0200 +++ wipe/debian/rules 2006-09-15 20:14:37.000000000 +0200 @@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM) -ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM), linux) +ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM), linux-gnu) target = linux else - target = generic + target = $(error Broken large file support, see bug \#383467) endif CFLAGS = -Wall -g -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
