Package: patchutils
Version: 0.2.30-1
Severity: serious
Tags: patch
Justification: no longer builds from source
Current version of patchutils makes use of PATH_MAX which isn't defined
on some systems (like GNU/Hurd).
The attached patch fixes this.
Best regards,
Chris
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: hurd-i386 (i686-AT386)
Kernel: GNU 0.3
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages patchutils depends on:
ii debianutils 2.13.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii libc0.3 2.3.2.ds1-20.0.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii patch 2.5.9-2 Apply a diff file to an original
ii perl 5.8.4-5 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
-- no debconf information
--- patchutils-0.2.30.orig/src/rediff.c 2004-06-07 16:07:46.000000000 +0200
+++ patchutils-0.2.30/src/rediff.c 2005-05-09 13:22:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
syntax (1);
if (argc - optind == 1) {
- char *p = xmalloc (PATH_MAX);
+ char *p = xmalloc (strlen(argv[0]) + 1);
char *f;
char **const new_argv = xmalloc (sizeof (char *) * argc);
memcpy (new_argv, argv, sizeof (char *) * argc);
