>Number:         19827
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       /usr/bin/patch coredumps under some conditions
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 12 17:27:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Toru TAKAMIZU
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6_STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD localhost 1.6_STABLE NetBSD 1.6_STABLE (MIWA) #22: Sun Jan 12 22:38:43 JST 2003 toru@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/MIWA i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:

/usr/bin/patch coredumps under some conditions. I don't know this is 
related to bin/5123. I attach a testcase below.

>How-To-Repeat:

Extract the attached test.tar.gz and cd into the directory "test".
Press "enter" when asked "File to patch: ". Answer "y" when prompted
"No file found--skip this patch? [n] ".

[toru@sajima ~/temp/temp/test]% patch < diff-file
Hmm...  Looks like a unified diff to me...
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|Index: Makefile
|===================================================================
|RCS file: /cvsroot/pkgsrc/wm/evilwm/Makefile,v
|retrieving revision 1.2
|diff -u -r1.2 Makefile
|--- Makefile    2002/03/04 15:56:37     1.2
|+++ Makefile    2002/12/03 22:29:06
--------------------------
Patching file Makefile using Plan A...
Hunk #1 failed at 1.
1 out of 1 hunks failed--saving rejects to Makefile.rej
Hmm...  The next patch looks like a unified diff to me...
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|
| 
--------------------------
File to patch: 
No file found--skip this patch? [n] y
Skipping patch...
zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped)  patch < diff-file

================== test case ================================
begin 644 test.tar.gz
M'XL(".(1(CX"`W1E<W0N=&%R`.V5;4_J,!3'>4L_Q8GZ#K>V8\!U"0D3=KE$
M!V:;T?N*S%%@86QD&VIB_.ZW=3SI-6HTF)N;_@+KVI[VM#W=^><LRTM[AA"=
M-&HU7A+:J%%1$JKK3^6*$FG4*3>K5QL:;Z>DH9-2K?0-++/<3[G+/$F7;]NQ
M-"O]=^0\_MCV9VP<1FQ?\:>$U(MXOQ9_JNG;^//`EYZ::KQ-QG_O',)1G^6G
M;L>`]2TXO@6J:J`1HF%2Q40'6C-J=:/:`'\2@'6_@"-TB%"GYWI]T[::978;
M1G?S(5%/3E1=H>CBK+O;H10=J&UZ5G?@]"RW6;Z;PSVER#9=SW*&;L\3C4</
M._6A.[ATVM;/@=.UC&8Q$WY$?$BO[_&_Y33+V8SEP;25CM2;FT`-$G4Y0[\&
MMG5A=KGW:9XO#(R+H6J6+-.`C9-TPM28Y1BU![9M];UFV0[C<.Y'89;#51B/
MDCM^%+$_82EP:[A&Z,HY<YUVL\P7R%\[/><1'SVL-LE7=.E:PZYMGG&7Y=^6
M^U2_IO34=-<MR#P_'WHFWPEW5_:C*(R3F"&T2+)<"6-^!:/(0'SZ7M_UA&W'
M],RA<`3<D6/][%T_XFSJIPR/DF"UHY?VPK98Z2-V++-C6U\:K,Z741Y.F3_Z
MY#3MJ1]/V'DR>6L\4L,XB)8C!@>JBOEO/L,WV4A=S";J?':`2I+]Y_]1.!XK
M^Q.`]_*_7J=%_J_2JB;>>?ZOU67^_PYZ\8C=;W,_:GX=Y+1=$),9@(/;+$V2
M'///.4L#S#/X*I%OQ0:E+$]#WAQ/(.5%%B:Q$"`D;B4H2U!2(4>;%2J*LJD`
MYS6=$H@I*I7*W[94F(.F&=J)0>JHU0*%'O^`BGBT6@@^*XG`-1&0LI'%IU7`
M2VU4UN((N_UKB:R\,9I2-4G#":J\,0.75-B16=&]4EIX)K4`']):*$Z''#?X
M\8BG.)^-P!;NWU%96,OL:K7OBBT_PI7>P@M>5=_*!XS7AVJX>(B58F.P5>UG
LXX1<PZZ"O^B3DB&12"02B40BD4@D$HE$(I%()!*)1"+YA_D#DZ<6CP`H``!G
`
end

>Fix:

A workaround:
Input some arbitrary file name when asked "File to patch: ".
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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