Re: 1.11.[2&9], server abort, "unable to parse"

[Paul Edwards]

"Todd Denniston" <Todd.Denniston@ssa.crane.navy.mil> wrote in message 
news:mailman.193.1069121322.399.bug-cvs@gnu.org...
> I got a core and backtrace from this one after it ran in ext mode.
> #0  0xef6a49d0 in strncmp () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
> #1  0x466b8 in RCS_reparsercsfile (rdata=0xd9588, pfp=0x0, rcsbufp=0x0)
>     at rcs.c:537

Try this to fix the above part (patch against 1.11.9):

Index: rcs.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ccvs/src/rcs.c,v
retrieving revision 1.262.4.14
diff -c -r1.262.4.14 rcs.c
*** rcs.c 7 Oct 2003 18:23:01 -0000 1.262.4.14
--- rcs.c 18 Nov 2003 08:34:16 -0000
***************
*** 583,589 ****
   /* Note that when comparing with RCSDATE, we are not massaging
             VALUE from the string found in the RCS file.  This is OK
             since we know exactly what to expect.  */
!  if (*cp == '\0' && strncmp (RCSDATE, value, (sizeof RCSDATE) - 1) == 0)
       break;

   if (STREQ (key, RCSDESC))
--- 583,589 ----
   /* Note that when comparing with RCSDATE, we are not massaging
             VALUE from the string found in the RCS file.  This is OK
             since we know exactly what to expect.  */
!  if (*cp == '\0' && value != NULL strncmp (RCSDATE, value, (sizeof RCSDATE) - 
1) == 0)
       break;

   if (STREQ (key, RCSDESC))