On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Paul Eggert wrote: > Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * lib/autotest/general.m4 (at_help_all): Initialize with a here > > document rather than a shell string literal, to avoid triggering > > some OpenUnix 5.0.7 ksh buffer overflow. > > Surely this should be "OpenServer 5.0.7" rather than "OpenUnix 5.0.7"?
Yes. (Looks like I'm a bad proof reader) > Also, Tim, is this original 5.0.7, or Update Pack 3, or some other > update pack? If it's not Update Pack 3 perhaps we can just ask people > to apply the vendor-recommended patches. Hmm, I have not loaded Maintenance Pack 5 yet. It is currently at MP4 > > I'd rather avoid this patch if we can avoid it. Here-documents are > trouble. This message probably crossed paths with my post with test results. Please do NOT apply this patch. > > I wonder whether we should just document "use bash" on these systems. > > That'd be fine with me, if the issue is limited to OpenServer 5.0.7. It's really an issue with OpenServer 5.0.x not just 5.0.7. > > -- Tim Rice Multitalents (707) 887-1469 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
