Re: bin/39134: /usr/bin/awk: segfaults when "nextfile" is in BEGIN {...}

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Jul 12, 12:35am, cheusov%tut.by@localhost (cheusov%tut.by@localhost) wrote:
-- Subject: bin/39134: /usr/bin/awk: segfaults when "nextfile" is in BEGIN {.

| >Number:         39134
| >Category:       bin
| >Synopsis:       /usr/bin/awk: segfaults when "nextfile" is in BEGIN {...}
| >Confidential:   no
| >Severity:       serious
| >Priority:       medium
| >Responsible:    bin-bug-people
| >State:          open
| >Class:          sw-bug
| >Submitter-Id:   net
| >Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 12 00:35:00 +0000 2008
| >Originator:     cheusov%tut.by@localhost
| >Release:        NetBSD 4.0_STABLE
| >Organization:
| >Environment:
| System: NetBSD chen.chizhovka.net 4.0_STABLE NetBSD 4.0_STABLE (GENERIC) #0: 
Sun Jul 6 22:33:53 EEST 2008 
cheusov%chen.chizhovka.net@localhost:/srv/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
| Architecture: i386
| Machine: i386
| >Description:
| 0 ~>awk 'BEGIN {nextfile}' foo
| Memory fault (core dumped) 
| 139 ~>
| >Fix:
| I've actually stolen this bug from OpenBSD gnats.
| 
| Nothing useful but...
| http://cvs.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-wrapper?full=yes&numbers=4887
| 
| P.S.
| Is nawk still "the only true awk"? :-(

We have fixed this one already.

christos