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From: ar@mcdd1 (Alastair Rae)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: tgif core dumps all the time -- just mine?
Summary: patch
Keywords: tgif bugs patch
Message-ID: <151@mx-1>
Date: 17 Apr 91 13:55:18 GMT
References: <150@mx-1>
Organization: McDonnell Douglas, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, UK
Lines: 48

Thanks to all who replied to my original posting. Buggie calls to calloc 
were causing corruption.

I've had a patch from Wayne Richardson <wdr@ibm.com>:

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*** msg.c.old	Tue Apr  2 01:16:27 1991
--- msg.c	Fri Apr 12 16:49:25 1991
***************
*** 39,45 ****

     if (*Msg == '\0') { topMsgNumber = msgCount; return; }

!    s = (char *) calloc (strlen (Msg), sizeof(char));
     msg_ptr = (struct MsgRec *) calloc (1, sizeof(struct MsgRec));

     strcpy (s, Msg);
--- 39,45 ----

     if (*Msg == '\0') { topMsgNumber = msgCount; return; }

!    s = (char *) calloc (1+strlen (Msg), sizeof(char));
     msg_ptr = (struct MsgRec *) calloc (1, sizeof(struct MsgRec));

     strcpy (s, Msg);
*** xbitmap.c.old	Wed Apr  3 16:57:09 1991
--- xbitmap.c	Fri Apr 12 16:51:50 1991
***************
*** 298,304 ****

     pixelValue[0] = myBgPixel;
     colorChar[0] = '`';
!    colorStr[0] = (char *) calloc (strlen(myBgColorStr), sizeof(char));
     strcpy (colorStr[0], myBgColorStr);
     numColorsToDump = 1;

--- 298,304 ----

     pixelValue[0] = myBgPixel;
     colorChar[0] = '`';
!    colorStr[0] = (char *) calloc (1+strlen(myBgColorStr), sizeof(char));
     strcpy (colorStr[0], myBgColorStr);
     numColorsToDump = 1;


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