On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 10:19:39AM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Control: tag -1 + wontfix
>
> Hi,
>
> upstream said, this is an issue which is "unlikely ever to be fixed".
> Marking as such.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Bart Schaefer <schae...@brasslantern.com> -----
> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:49:02 -0800
> From: Bart Schaefer <schae...@brasslantern.com>
> To: zsh-work...@zsh.org
> Subject: Re: segfault with exceedingly long path
>
> On Jan 18, 1:20am, Axel Beckert wrote:
> }
> } this is a forward of http://bugs.debian.org/418199
>
> This is a known issue and unlikely ever to be fixed. Various parts
> of the shell rely on system limits such as PATH_MAX which cannot be
> dynamically changed. There's a comment with some explanation around
> lines 109-137 of Src/compat.c.
>
> The upshot is that if you try hard enough you can always create a path
> that will exceed some limit or other.
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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> Regards, Axel
Could you fix that in Debian even if upstream doesn't care? A segfault
is never right. If zsh can't handle the long path then it must check
the length and give an error. Not fixing a segfault is imho
unacceptable.
MfG
Goswin
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