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--- Begin Message ---Package: minicom Version: 2.3-1 Severity: normal When path to script specified by -S parameter is longer than 33 characters, the script can't be read and therefore executed. Reproducible: always Steps to reproduce: 1. Run minicom with path to any existing file with long path, e.g. $ minicom -o ttyS0 -S /mnt/hda7/tmp/l01z/upgrade.minicom Expected result: - minicom should read the file Observed result: - minicom complains about not existing file: "runscript: couldn't open "/mnt/hda7/tmp/l01z/upgrade.minico"" The reason is here: case 'S': /* start Script */ strncpy(scr_name, optarg, 33); -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages minicom depends on: ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.6+20081012-2 shared libraries for terminal hand Versions of packages minicom recommends: pn lrzsz <none> (no description available) minicom suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---This bug appears to be fixed since minicom-2.7-1. I'm closing this bug report. Martin On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 10:36:36 +0200, Rob Gom wrote: > Package: minicom > Version: 2.3-1 > Severity: normal > > When path to script specified by -S parameter is longer than 33 characters, > the script can't be read and therefore executed. > > Reproducible: always > Steps to reproduce: > 1. Run minicom with path to any existing file with long path, e.g. > $ minicom -o ttyS0 -S /mnt/hda7/tmp/l01z/upgrade.minicom > > Expected result: > - minicom should read the file > Observed result: > - minicom complains about not existing file: > "runscript: couldn't open "/mnt/hda7/tmp/l01z/upgrade.minico"" > > The reason is here: > case 'S': /* start Script */ > strncpy(scr_name, optarg, 33); > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (900, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages minicom depends on: > ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii libncurses5 5.6+20081012-2 shared libraries for terminal > hand > > Versions of packages minicom recommends: > pn lrzsz <none> (no description available) > > minicom suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information
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