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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11R4 gcc-1.36 SunOS 4.0.3 puzzle
Message-ID: <9002110416.AA02139@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 11 Feb 90 04:16:40 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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>> puzzle will dump core if gcc-1.36 is used on a Sun3 running SunOS
>> 4.0.3
>> To fix, use /bin/cc

> Reason: puzzle calls sscanf() with a constant string argument.
> Fix: use gcc -fwritable-strings.

Proper fix: use a non-broken stdio that doesn't stamp on strings passed
to sscanf().  (Finding such a stdio may not be entirely trivial, alas.)

					der Mouse

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