bc segfaults when using math library, and patch
I have attached a patch that fixes the segfault in bc when it is used with the math library loaded. A developer on #buildroot also commented that perhaps buildroot should use the alpha version of bc like many distros instead - I can't comment on that.
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Robert
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"grepper" == grepper <[email protected]> writes:
I have attached a patch that fixes the segfault in bc when it is used with the math library loaded. A developer on #buildroot also commented that perhaps buildroot should use the alpha version of bc like many distros instead - I can't comment on that.
I was going to ask if this is already upstream and if you had a reference to the upstream version control, but GNU bc doesn't seem to have any public vcs (or any real activity).
I see the latest alpha release is from 2006, and that one does make save_adr static and NEWS contains the following note:
Bug fixes:
fixes bug in load_code introduced by mathlib string storage in 1.06.
I personally don't use bc, but if people (and other distributions) think the 1.06.95 alpha version is better then lets use it.
A quick look at the Debian package shows that they are carrying some patches that might be interesting, E.G. 03_array_initialize.diff seems like a clear bugfix:
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/bc
Care to send a patch to bump the version with this info?
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard