Re: WWW Form Bug Report: "infinite looping in mod_mime.c and mod_auth.c under dg/ux" on OTHER:dg/ux

[Rob Hartill <ro...@imdb.com>]

Thanks for the report and fix.

regards,
rob


>Submitter: stuart@elektra.europe.dg.com
>Operating system: OTHER:dg/ux, version: 5.4R3.10
>Version of Apache Used: 1.1b4
>Extra Modules used: 
>URL exhibiting problem: 
>
>Symptoms:
>--
>Whilst reading in mime types from conf/mime.types the mime module goes into infinite loop, eating up all available memory.
>Under DG/UX the following while condition NEVER  equates to NULL.
>The following mod fixes the problem:
>
>/*        while(ll[0]) */
>        while(strlen(ll) != 0) {
>            char *ext = getword_conf (p, &ll);
>            str_tolower (ext);	/* ??? */
>            table_set (hash_buckets[hash(ext[0])], ext, ct);
>         }
>
>The problem also exists in mod_auth.c
>--
>
>Backtrace:
>--
>
>--


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Re: WWW Form Bug Report: "infinite looping in mod_mime.c and mod_auth.c under dg/ux" on OTHER:dg/ux

[Alexei Kosut <ak...@organic.com>]

On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Rob Hartill wrote:

> >Whilst reading in mime types from conf/mime.types the mime module goes into infinite loop, eating up all available memory.
> >Under DG/UX the following while condition NEVER  equates to NULL.
> >The following mod fixes the problem:
> >
> >/*        while(ll[0]) */
> >        while(strlen(ll) != 0) {

In short, no way in heck. ll[0] is a completely valid C construct, and if
DG/UX's compiler doesn't recognize it, then its users, as Brian said,
really should stop driving those Pintos. I'd veto any such change.

What the heck is DG/UX, anyhow? I've never heard of it.

-- Alexei Kosut <ak...@organic.com> 
   http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~akosut/