Re: [PATCH] wc: fix regression determining file size

[Bernhard Voelker]

Hi Padraig,

On 12/28/22 15:11, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> * src/wc.c (wc): Use off_t rather than size_t
> when calculating where to seek to, so that
> we don't seek to a too low offset on systems
> where size_t < off_t, which would result in
> many read() calls to determine the file size.
> * tests/misc/wc-proc.sh: Add a test case
> sufficient for 32 bit systems at least.
> Reported athttps://bugs.debian.org/1027101
> ---
>   src/wc.c              | 2 +-
>   tests/misc/wc-proc.sh | 7 +++++++
>   2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Nice.
As this is a user-visible change, I think this may deserve a NEWS
entry, doesn't it?

Have a nice day,
Berny