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List:       gnulib-bug
Subject:    Re: Static code analyzer Clang reports possible bug in getopt.c while
From:       Eric Blake <eblake () redhat ! com>
Date:       2011-06-22 17:15:30
Message-ID: 4E022332.2000609 () redhat ! com
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On 06/22/2011 10:30 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> Thanks for the report.  I believe you (well, clang) found an actual
> glibc bug!  Of course, no one in their right mind ever calls
> getopt(argc, argv, "W;"), do they?
> 
> I'm in the process of seeing if I can quickly turn this into an actual
> crashing program, at which point I will spawn a glibc bug as well as fix
> the problem in gnulib.

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12922

Right now, I'm fixing gnulib to avoid the crash (to silence Clang), but
I am not augmenting the testsuite to expose it nor the m4 files to flush
out the bug in existing glibc.

If Ulrich accepts the glibc bug, then I will take further actions in
gnulib to flush out older broken glibc.

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Eric Blake   eblake@redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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