Re: [bug-inetutils] inetutils 1.9.1-4: ftp "get" command occasionally dumps core,

[Mister Me]

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Mats Erik Andersson, Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:07:40 +0200
>
> Yes, two, four, and six. Now also eight!
>

Did you try 16? :) Just kidding, yeah ok, it sounds like it's time to go
digging further.  

>
> The only error I could achieve was to issue the same command so late that
> the connection had timed out already, which provoked a segmentation fault,
> but only after after the message "Passive mode refused.\nNot connected.".
> Thus your core dump should be unrelated.
>

OK. Well, on the plus side, at least that's one bug you can reproduce. :)

I'll go grab the sources and build it here.  Let me know how you want me to
instrument it and I'll do so and let you know what I find.


> (Side note: inetutils-telnetd is severely misbehaving on
> Arch Linux, but not on Debian, BSD or Solaris. Is this
> known to your collegues?)

I am not associated with the Arch organization at all, just an ordinary lowly
user, but I will bring your comment to the attention of the guy who maintains
this package on the Arch bug tracker.

Regards,
Glenn