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Re: 1.7.0-62: segfault when PATH is not set


On Oct 19 21:18, Denis Excoffier wrote:
> On 2009-10-19 11:36, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> Strange.  I can't reproduce this:
>>
>>  $ env - PATHOS=/dqd /usr/bin/date
>>  Mon Oct 19 11:26:46 WEDT 2009
>>
>>  $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/env
>>  PATHOS=/nonexistent
>>  SYSTEMROOT=C:\Windows
>>  WINDIR=C:\Windows
>>
> You're right, it seems that LC_CTYPE is also involved in this. Please try 
> under sh:
>
> $ export LC_CTYPE=
> $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/date
> Mon Oct 19 13:12:40 RDT 2009
>
> $ export LC_CTYPE=dummy
> $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/date
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> $ export LC_CTYPE=C
> $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/date
> Mon Oct 19 13:12:40 RDT 2009
>
> $ export LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.ISO-8859-15
> $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/date
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> $ export LC_CTYPE=dummy
> $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/date
> Mon Oct 19 13:12:41 RDT 2009
> $ env - PATHOS=/nonexistent /usr/bin/env
> PATHOS=/nonexistent
> SYSTEMROOT=C:\WINNT
> WINDIR=C:\WINNT
>
> Hope this helps.

It does.  The value of $PATH is used without checking if $PATH
exists.  I fixed that in CVS.


Thanks for the report,
Corinna

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