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- From: rcopg@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Paul Gortmaker)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: PATCH: procps - avoid buffer overruns
- Message-ID: <1irevdINNgeu@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 09:34:37 GMT
- References: <1993Jan9.002539.12943@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <1993Jan9.070311.26248@news.stolaf.edu>
- Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
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- johnsonm@lars.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (Michael K. Johnson) writes:
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- >This patch is to an old procps. The new procps fixes this bug, as
- >well as several others. Before posting patches like this, it would be
- >nice to offer them to the author, and to check the ftp site (hint hint
- >hint).
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- >michaelkjohnson
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- How old is old??? 98p6, 99p0, 99p1 ???? I am in the process of trying
- to get ps sorted out so that it works after rebuilding the kernel. Stuff like
- redundant patches sure doesn't make matters easier
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- Paul.
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