Re: findutils-4.3.2: core dump when run as root on Solaris 10 SPARC

[James Youngman]

On 3/3/07, Nelson H. F. Beebe <address@hidden> wrote:
> Thanks for the patch to function drop_privs() in locate/locate.c in
> the findutils-4.3.2 distribution.  I've just applied it in a test
> build, and then ran "locate firefox-2.0.0.2" as an ordinary user, and
> then as root; both cases succeeded, and without a core dump as root.
>
> I'm going to reinstall this build on Solaris 10 SPARC, and we'll watch
> for any further issues that might turn up.

Thanks for the feedback.  I have applied the patch in the CVS code for
findutils-4.3.x.  Hence the change will be included in the
findutils-4.3.3 release, which will no doubt occur at some point in
the next few weeks.