On 10.02.2019 13:54, Darshit Shah wrote: > * LRN [190210 10:08]: >> This[0] commit in gnulib fixed a critical bug that makes wget crash with >> stackoverflow. The gnulib version in wget is slightly older than that. >> >> [0]: >> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=72e936e89c09bcf1a76479258881d91b0a27003f >> > > I've updated the gnulib version in the git repos. However, unless there is an > actual problem with Wget crashing, the change will be available only with the > next release. > There is an actual problem with Wget crashing, when cross-compiled for a non-gnu, non-mingw host (in my case - Cygwin).
The gl_cv_func_gettimeofday_clobber is guessed as "yes", which prompts NEED_LOCALTIME_BUFFER and REPLACE_LOCALTIME, and a wget compiled like that crashes on a simple http download. So this is somewhat rare, since few people cross-compile wget, but very real nevertheless.
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