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Re: Segfault in texinfo
From: |
Sam James |
Subject: |
Re: Segfault in texinfo |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Jan 2023 06:57:22 +0000 |
> On 21 Jan 2023, at 21:35, jake roggenbuck <roggenbuckjake@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To whom it may concern,
>
> I have found a crash and segfault in texinfo (info).
>
> Here is how you reproduce the segfault.
>
> ```
> cat /dev/urandom | info
> ```
>
Please capture some exact input to trigger the segfault (pipe to a file first,
then test it after by piping into info).
> It usually gives the return code 139 for segfault and displays the
> "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" message, however sometimes it gives the
> return code 0 without the message. Running the line to reproduce will likely
> show a segfault within 5 tries.
>
> Note: The executable `info` 7.0 shipped with my package manager does Segfault
> in gdb, however when I installed `info` from source at
> https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/, it does not segfault in the debugger but it
> still does segfault when run without the debugger.
>
> Crashes
> =======
>
> | name | crash in gdb? | crash when run without gdb |
> |------------------+---------------+----------------------------|
> | From source v7.0 | No | Yes |
> | From pacman v7.0 | Yes | Yes |
>
> Since the version shipped with my package manager is not compiled with -g
> debug symbols, I was not able to find the source of this segfault.
>
Please consult the documentation for your distribution to try adding it.
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