When messages are added to the /var/msgs/ directory via:
# msgs -s
The contents of the bounds file are incorrectly filled with a random number if
the bounds file is initially empty (which it is on a newly installed system).
This diff is one way to fix the problem. ok?
mark
Index: msgs.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/msgs/msgs.c,v
retrieving revision 1.34
diff -u -p -r1.34 msgs.c
--- msgs.c 27 Oct 2009 23:59:40 -0000 1.34
+++ msgs.c 22 Sep 2010 06:56:42 -0000
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
bool newrc, already;
int rcfirst = 0; /* first message to print (from .rc) */
int rcback = 0; /* amount to back off of rcfirst */
- int firstmsg, nextmsg, lastmsg = 0;
+ int firstmsg = 0, nextmsg, lastmsg = 0;
int blast = 0;
FILE *bounds;
char *cp;
