Re: [bug-mailutils] alias command in .mailrc causing segfault

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi David,

> Ok, I've got the latest source, but I'm having trouble compiling and I

What kind of trouble?

> Do you know when the bug in the mailbox/assoc.c file was introduced?

It was introduced in 1.2 and the patch was released a couple of days
after that.  It was considered sufficiently small to not require new
release.  The fixed code appeared in version 2.0.

The bug manifests itself only if there are not enough slots in the assoc
table and the library begins rehashing it.  So, that's not exactly a
particular alias that triggers the bug, but the total number of aliases
collected so far.

> Maybe I can find an older package that will work.

Better try newer one, e.g. 2.0.  I'd not recommend using releases older
than that.

Regards,
Sergey