Re: TLF logger, countrylist file format?

[Ervin Hegedüs]

Hi Gerard,

On Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 07:09:36AM +0000, Gerard van Antwerpen wrote:
> Thanks for your time to help.

you're welcome,

> First of all I installed originally using the easy way, using apt install tlf.
> Then, after your reply, used the git clone method, which failed for some 
> reason (I'm not a Linux wizz, so probably operator error!).
> Then used the tar ball, and that worked, and I'm now seeing Version 1.4.1.

no worries, it's good to see that you're using the last stable
version.

> However I'm still getting the error on the buffer overflow:
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Welcome to tlf-1.4.1 by PA0R!!
> 
> Reading country data
> Reading configuration data
> Reading config file: logcfg.dat
> Reading contest rules file: rules/beru*** buffer overflow detected ***: 
> terminated
>   Aborted
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> I tried this in a virtual terminal as well, with the same results.
> If you feel this is something to do with my local setup here, which would be 
> hard to check for you, please let it be and I'll get by without a countylist.

as Zoli HA5CQZ mentioned previously, triggering the buffer overflow
is not easy.

Which OS do you use? An `lsb-release -a` output would be fine.


73, Ervin
HA2OS