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Re: id-utils 3.2d: mkdir creates corrupted ID file
From: |
Greg McGary |
Subject: |
Re: id-utils 3.2d: mkdir creates corrupted ID file |
Date: |
09 Mar 2001 16:45:53 -0700 |
address@hidden writes:
> The mkid in id-utils-3.2d when compiled and run on Linux Redhat 6.1
> generates corrupted file list index entries.
> It looks like serialize_file_links(), when traversing the file link table,
> assumes that the parent flink is visited before the child.
> When this is not true, a garbage (huge) flink->fl_index value is written out
> to ID which will cause lid/gid/etc to Segmentation fault.
> Very reproducable on my Intel desktop. I browsed around but
> could not find any mail references to this problem.
That's a new one to me. Thanks for the report.
> Is there a fix for this bug?
Nope. First I have heard of it.
Greg