lid, from id-utils, tries to write to a constant string, then crashes.

[Aidan Kehoe]

Hi, 

My input; the command line arguments -ils and a thirty-five megabyte
database specified with the IDPATH environment variable.

What I expected; nothing in particular; I was just wondering what the aid
command did.

What I got; "segmentation fault (core dumped)."

Why this is wrong; Crashing is bad, mmmkay?

How to reproduce; Run "lid -ils". Watch it core dump in lower_caseify as it
tries to write to ".". You may need to set the IDPATH environment variable
so it finds a database file automatically.

Fix; 

diff -u src/lid.c~ src/lid.c
--- src/lid.c~  2003-05-10 11:33:11.000000000 +0000
+++ src/lid.c   2003-05-11 17:38:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -398,9 +398,10 @@
   argv += optind;
   if (argc == 0)
     {
-      static char *dot = (char *) ".";
+      static char dot[] = ".";
+      char *dot0 = dot; 
       argc = 1;
-      argv = ˙
+      argv = &dot0;
     }
 
   /* Look for the ID database up the tree */

Bye, 

     - Aidan Kehoe
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