Pádraig Brady <p...@draigbrady.com> writes: > * src/digest.c (main): Don't saturate -l to BLAKE2B_MAX_LEN, > so that the subsequent bounds check is performed. > * tests/cksum/b2sum.sh: Add a test case. > * NEWS: Mention the fix introduced in commit v9.5-71-gf2c84fe63 > --- > NEWS | 4 ++++ > src/digest.c | 2 +- > tests/cksum/b2sum.sh | 3 +++ > 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS > index f2e7c9e6e..988cb96a8 100644 > --- a/NEWS > +++ b/NEWS > @@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- > outline -*- > > ** Bug fixes > > + 'b2sum' will diagnose --length values that are too big. > + Previously it would have silently assumed 512 for any larger values. > + [bug introduced in coreutils-9.6]
That doesn't seem like the worst behavior to me. But clearly was not the intent, and I think the fixed behavior is better. Thanks for the fix. Collin
