Re: Announcing the release of version 4.3.8 of GNU findutils

2007-06-12 Thread James Youngman
On 6/12/07, Nix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > #20157: Avoid segfault in locate when run as root. This is caused by > a buffer overrun, but at this time no explot mechanism is known. ^^ Is it excessively pedantic of me to point at that and say you have a

Re: Announcing the release of version 4.3.8 of GNU findutils

2007-06-12 Thread Nix
On 12 Jun 2007, James Youngman spake thusly: > I would like to thank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for help in the preparation > of this release. You're welcome :) I could never work with a crashing locate, it would be even more annoying than a crashing ls. > #20157: Avoid segfault in locate when run as ro

[bug #20157] setgroups() called with incorrectly set up argument

2007-06-12 Thread James Youngman
Update of bug #20157 (project findutils): Privacy: Private => Public Open/Closed:Open => Closed Release:None => 4.3.2 Fixed Release

Announcing the release of version 4.3.8 of GNU findutils

2007-06-12 Thread James Youngman
I announce the release of version 4.3.8 of GNU findutils. GNU findutils is a set of software tools for finding files that match certain criteria and for performing various operations on them. Findutils includes the programs "find", "xargs" and "locate". More information about findutils is availa

Re: fprint-unwritable.exp should have a superuser test like access.exp

2007-06-12 Thread James Youngman
On 6/11/07, Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: the fprint-unwritable test will fail when run as a superuser just like the access test ... so can we get the superuser test copied over Thanks; fixed in CVS. James. ___ Bug-findutils mailing lis