Unless you don't think that 5+1 is 6 then we can probably assume it's true :-) The reason that this has become noticeable, IMHO, was just some subtle alteration in glibc on Linux. It works fine on some other platforms I tried as well (the error is still there obviously it just doesn't hurt). For that matter I'm not entirely sure that there's not a couple of similar errors.
As for the support issues, there's nothing in the license (as I read it) to stop any of us releasing a version 2, or son of Squidguard version anytime we like :-) Ian -----Original Message----- From: Rick Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 13:36 To: Ian Spare; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ident Ian Spare wrote: > > To clarify, I meant the obvious error in the sgMalloc call at > line 146 of sgDb.c, i.e. 5 + 1 equals 6 in most cases not 5. Or > > update = (char *) sgMalloc(strlen(file) + 5); > > should be > > update = (char *) sgMalloc(strlen(file) + 6); > If that is true, it has been an "obvious error" in all of these releases (it is the same code): squidGuard-1.1.0.beta1.tar.gz 23-Aug-1999 13:13 squidGuard-1.1.0.tar.gz 24-Aug-1999 17:12 squidGuard-1.1.1.tar.gz 27-Jan-2000 15:41 squidGuard-1.1.2.tar.gz 25-Feb-2000 10:59 squidGuard-1.1.3.tar.gz 06-Mar-2000 11:16 squidGuard-1.1.4.tar.gz 04-Apr-2000 10:31 squidGuard-1.2.0.tar.gz 18-Dec-2001 15:34 It is truly a shame that the author no longer takes an interest in squidGuard. Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 06:27 > To: Ian Spare; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: ident > > > Ian Spare wrote: > > > > I wouldn't worry about upgrading SquidGuard and DB, it really ought > > not to take more than a few minutes really, it's a bit hard to see > > what the song and dance is all about in fact. > > Some of the singing and dancing relates to the fact that the > installation instructions that accompany the current squidGuard > download are incorrect. Following the installation instructions will > reward you with a squidGuard installation that does not work as > advertised. That may not be an issue for you, but that's a > show-stopper for many people. > > > The only genuine problem is a bug in some versions of > > SquidGuard[sgDb.c] which was discussed in this mail list but as far > > I can see hasn't made it into the distribution. > > I wasn't aware that any discussions here had achieved the status of > "genuine problem". In fact, I haven't seen any messages from the > author here in almost 2 years. Can you give any more details about > this problem? > > You mention that the problem is in "some versions" of squidGuard. As > far as I know, there is one current version of squidGuard and several > old versions of squidGuard. Is the problem in the current version or > an old version? > > Thanks, > > Rick >
