Bug#720441: Got a fix, how to submit patch.

2013-10-09 Thread Phi Debian
I did produce a patch, and posted it. The patch implement the exact same code as the one later given by the code owner, i.e init a local with 0. So now if wheezy is frozen, it can still be patched, the current source version you got with wheezy actually contain already 5 patch, plus mine it goes t

Bug#720441: Got a fix, how to submit patch.

2013-10-09 Thread Phi Debian
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Oliver Kiddle wrote: > > Debian does have ksh93u. Ambiguous > Latest version at the following URL is what > Debian has: > http://www2.research.att.com/~gsf/download/ This link shows 3 ksh93u versions > > I think there is a more recent version that is declared

Bug#720441: Got a fix, how to submit patch.

2013-10-08 Thread Phi Debian
Hi All, It appears after some back and forth mail with attresearch (code owner) that the source code used by debian (and ubuntu) are both out of date, they both have this code dump or corruptin bug that was fixed at ksh93u (dixit David Korn). I dunno what ksh93u debian grabed but for sure it is b

Bug#720441: Got a fix, how to submit patch.

2013-10-07 Thread Phi Debian
Hi All, This patch fix the ksh core dump or random memory corruption seen when typing ## (or more generally #) The original code was missing a var initialisation, later teh code firex a nullderef still missing the var initialisation. This fix do both the var init, and the null deref avoidance.

Bug#720441: Got a fix, how to submit patch.

2013-10-03 Thread Phi Debian
Hi All, Please ignore my prev mail with my professional email, my spam killer reject external mail. How should I proceed for a patch submit, I did provide it to att owner, so I guess future release will have the fix, but for debian should I do something, does debian has its own set of 'fixes' (I

Bug#720441: reported on ubuntu as well.

2013-08-22 Thread Phi Debian
Hi As I bumped into this on ubuntu as well, and as bod suggested, I did try to report to lauchped.net too. There I discover it is already 'known' since december 2012, meaning this have little chance to be fixed one day. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ksh/+bug/1086873 So for your i