Re: id-utils 3.2d: mkdir creates corrupted ID file

[Greg McGary]

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> The mkid in id-utils-3.2d when compiled and run on Linux Redhat 6.1
> generates corrupted file list index entries.
> It looks like serialize_file_links(), when traversing the file link table,
> assumes that the parent flink is visited before the child.
> When this is not true, a garbage (huge) flink->fl_index value is written out
> to ID which will cause lid/gid/etc to Segmentation fault.
> Very reproducable on my Intel desktop.  I browsed around but
> could not find any mail references to this problem.

That's a new one to me.  Thanks for the report.

> Is there a fix for this bug?

Nope.  First I have heard of it.

Greg