Package: nano
Version: 2.4.2-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
* nano has a hardcoded limit of 31 characters long in the following code:
===
char myhostname[32];
[...]
if (gethostname(myhostname, 31) < 0) {
statusbar(_("Couldn't determine hostname for lock file: %s"),
strerror(errno));
return -1;
}
===
* When using a hostname longer than 31 characters nano fails to open an
existing file with the message:
===
[ Couldn't determine hostname for lock file: File name too long ]
===
* The RFC states that any node (what's between the dots) from a FQDN can
have 64 characters and the FQDN used in DNS can be max 253 bytes.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-42-pve (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages nano depends on:
ii libc6 2.19-22
ii libncursesw5 6.0+20150810-1
ii libtinfo5 6.0+20150810-1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
nano recommends no packages.
Versions of packages nano suggests:
pn spell <none>
-- no debconf information
Regards,
Lucian
