tags 598932 - unreproducible stop On 05.10.10 Norbert Preining (prein...@logic.at) wrote: > On So, 03 Okt 2010, Sergio Gelato wrote:
Hi, > > (Problem originally observed on lenny, with info 4.11.dfsg.1-4, both i386 > > and amd64 platforms; confirmed on squeeze i386.) > > > > The info command reproducibly segfaults when viewing a certain (possibly > > corrupt, but still...) info file. > > > > To reproduce, get /usr/share/info/accounting.info.gz from version 6.4~pre1-6 > > of the acct package. This is the version in lenny; I was unable to reproduce > > the segfault with the corresponding file from acct 6.5.4-2 which is > > currently > > in squeeze. > > > > Then run "info accounting", navigate to the menu entry for dump-acct, and > > hit Return. > > I disagree. I just now tried with that very same file from lenny, > so the info top page gives: > This is Edition 6.4-pre1 of the documentation, updated 7 January > 2006 for version 6.4-pre1 of the GNU Accounting Utilities. > and when I go tpo > * dump-acct > and press enter I only get > dump-acct: No such file or directory > The trick is: you must feed the *compressed* file to info. When calling "info accounting_stable.info.gz" (etc., etc.) info will crash, when decompressing the file and calling then "info accounting_stable.info" (etc., etc.) one gets your error message. H. -- sigmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
