This fixes a bug when dealing with very long parameters provided to htsearch
via the POST method. When the query to be read is very long (> 8K), the
read wouldn't get it all in one shot, leading to some very odd behaviour
down the line. This seems to fix PR#668.
--- htdig-3.1.3/htlib/cgi.cc.orig Wed Sep 1 15:25:02 1999
+++ htdig-3.1.3/htlib/cgi.cc Fri Nov 12 13:14:32 1999
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ cgi::cgi()
if (!buf || !*buf || (n = atoi(buf)) <= 0)
return; // null query
buf = new char[n + 1];
- read(0, buf, n);
- buf[n] = '\0';
+ int r, i = 0;
+ while (i < n && (r = read(0, buf+i, n-i)) > 0)
+ i += r;
+ buf[i] = '\0';
results = buf;
delete buf;
}
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Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766
Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930
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