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

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

The following reply was made to PR bin/39134; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/39134: /usr/bin/awk: segfaults when "nextfile" is in BEGIN 
{...}
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:36:49 -0400

 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