Hello,
In the Debian BSP in Zurich, I prepared a NMU to correct
a rc-bug.
You will find the diff in attachment:
The program use "%as" to scan lines. The problem is that
not so new C99 use "%a" for floating point, and no more
as GNU extension "auto malloc".
ciao
cate
PS: I'll push the package in delayed queue
diff -u genext2fs-1.4.1/debian/changelog genext2fs-1.4.1/debian/changelog
--- genext2fs-1.4.1/debian/changelog
+++ genext2fs-1.4.1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+genext2fs (1.4.1-2.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-Maintainer Upload, at BSP in Zurich
+ * in sscanf the "a" could mean "malloc" or the new C99 floating,
+ so don't use it, not to have surprises.
+
+ -- Giacomo Catenazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:03:59 +0100
+
genext2fs (1.4.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
* configure.in: Change AC_CONFIG_HEADER to AM_CONFIG_HEADER.
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- genext2fs-1.4.1.orig/genext2fs.c
+++ genext2fs-1.4.1/genext2fs.c
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@
// older solaris. Note that this is still not very portable, in that
// the return value cannot be trusted.
-#if SCANF_CAN_MALLOC
+#if 0 // SCANF_CAN_MALLOC
+// C99 define "a" for floating point, so you can have runtime surprise
+// according the library versions
# define SCANF_PREFIX "a"
# define SCANF_STRING(s) (&s)
#else
