Author: bdubbs
Date: 2010-05-02 22:36:11 -0600 (Sun, 02 May 2010)
New Revision: 9265
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter06/tar.xml
trunk/BOOK/patches.ent
Log:
Add a patch to fix a bug that causes a buffer overflow when
creating a new tar file.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2010-05-03 03:57:13 UTC (rev 9264)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2010-05-03 04:36:11 UTC (rev 9265)
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
<para>2010-05-03</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Added a patch to fix a buffer overflow
+ errror in tar. The fix is specific to building with gcc-4.5
+ and later.
+ Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2651">#2610</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[bdubbs] - Added precedures for the new diffutils test
suite.
Thanks to Chris Staub.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml 2010-05-03 03:57:13 UTC (rev 9264)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml 2010-05-03 04:36:11 UTC (rev 9265)
@@ -172,6 +172,14 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Tar Overflow Patch -
<token>&tar-overflow-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Download: <ulink
url="&patches-root;&tar-overflow-patch;"/></para>
+ <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&tar-overflow-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<!-- <varlistentry>
<term>Shadow Useradd Patch -
<token>&shadow-useradd-patch-size;</token>:</term>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/tar.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/tar.xml 2010-05-03 03:57:13 UTC (rev 9264)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/tar.xml 2010-05-03 04:36:11 UTC (rev 9265)
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i /SIGPIPE/d src/tar.c</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Also, fix a bug that causes a buffer overflow when creating a new
+ tar file. This fix is needed when building with gcc-4.5 and later.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i
../&tar-overflow-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Prepare Tar for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin
--libexecdir=/usr/sbin</userinput></screen>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/patches.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/patches.ent 2010-05-03 03:57:13 UTC (rev 9264)
+++ trunk/BOOK/patches.ent 2010-05-03 04:36:11 UTC (rev 9265)
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@
<!ENTITY shadow-useradd-patch-md5 "5f35528f38d5432d5fa2dd79d04bdfdd">
<!ENTITY shadow-useradd-patch-size "6.1 KB"> -->
+<!ENTITY tar-overflow-patch "tar-&tar-version;-overflow_fix-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY tar-overflow-patch-md5 "1912ec36d2a0e2b96678651cf583ce6f">
+<!ENTITY tar-overflow-patch-size "1.7 KB">
+
<!ENTITY zlib-fpic-patch "zlib-&zlib-version;-fPIC-1.patch">
<!ENTITY zlib-fpic-patch-md5 "545d60b20bfde6f53023de44438cef59">
<!ENTITY zlib-fpic-patch-size "21 KB">
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