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

[Pádraig Brady]

On 29/12/2022 13:49, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> 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?

Pushed with NEWS entry:
https://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=266b7cbc8

cheers,
Pádraig