Package: ruby1.8 Version: 1.8.3-1 Severity: normal Hello,
Found this one line patch in Fedora Core's development RPM to fix a bug in 1.8.2 and 1.8.3 where memset() is being passed it's arguments in the wrong order, causing it to write no bytes into the pointer. I wonder if this has an impact on the garbage collector, since the pointed to space is not cleared out. The source RPM is at http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.3-4.src.rpm and here's the patch. --- ruby-1.8.2.orig/ext/strscan/strscan.c 2004-02-19 21:30:26.000000000 +0900 +++ ruby-1.8.2/ext/strscan/strscan.c 2005-03-22 19:31:24.000000000 +0900 @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ struct strscanner *p; { re_free_registers(&(p->regs)); - memset(p, sizeof(struct strscanner), 0); + memset(p, 0, sizeof(struct strscanner)); free(p); } Regards, Blair -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages ruby1.8 depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libruby1.8 1.8.3-1 Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1. ruby1.8 recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
