------- Comment #4 from nigelenki at comcast dot net 2006-07-11 03:09 ------- (In reply to comment #3) > If an end user gets a stack smash failure, they should report the bug to the > developer and have the developer fix it. > This is what is normally done for anyother bug, why should it be different > than > a stack smashing one? >
Because, like any normal report, it will go something like this: END USER: xmms crashed DEVELOPER: I need more info. END USER: it crashed what do u mean DEVELOPER: Why did it crash? END USER: i unno it just did it was playin mp3s n it died DEVELOPER: Did a specific MP3 cause it to crash? END USER: maybe i cant make it do it agan tho i dunno y DEVELOPER: Huh. Meh. I'll figure it out some time next year. I would ultimately rather the report go like this: END USER: xmms crashed DEVELOPER: OK, can you see why? First you should check 'dmesg | grep stack smash | grep xmms' END USER: ** stack smashing detected ***: mpg123_decode.c:decode_spline() (damage: 0xdeadbeef) Terminated DEVELOPER: Thank you, I see the problem, there's a patch attached. Your distribution should have a new version some time in a couple days. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28328
