Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:11:53 +0200
Neutralize buggy code causing OpenPKG to have 'fatal problems' in
spite of correct installation, configuration, and operation. An
administrator suffering from this failure is even unable to
uninstall the flawed software.
michael@18 | 1 | Index: lib/buildreq.c |
michael@18 | 2 | --- lib/buildreq.c.orig 2005-07-21 01:01:07.000000000 -0700 |
michael@18 | 3 | +++ lib/buildreq.c 2008-02-23 16:33:08.000000000 -0800 |
michael@18 | 4 | @@ -89,10 +89,14 @@ |
michael@18 | 5 | } |
michael@18 | 6 | |
michael@18 | 7 | rewind(sf); |
michael@18 | 8 | - if (fscanf(sf, "%d", &seq_nbr) != 1) { |
michael@18 | 9 | + /* comment the following block out to work around some broken */ |
michael@18 | 10 | + /* libc distros which return 0 on successful fscanf(3) calls, */ |
michael@18 | 11 | + /* and use the simple replacement follwing the block instead. */ |
michael@18 | 12 | + /*if (fscanf(sf, "%d", &seq_nbr) != 1) { |
michael@18 | 13 | rc_log(LOG_ERR,"rc_get_seqnbr: fscanf failure: %s", seqfile); |
michael@18 | 14 | seq_nbr = rc_guess_seqnbr(); |
michael@18 | 15 | - } |
michael@18 | 16 | + }*/ |
michael@18 | 17 | + fscanf(sf, "%d", &seq_nbr); |
michael@18 | 18 | |
michael@18 | 19 | rewind(sf); |
michael@18 | 20 | ftruncate(fileno(sf),0); |