[GRASS-dev] FTBFS: segmentation fault in lib/vector/diglib/test.c

[Markus Metz]

On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Markus Metz
> <markus.metz.giswork at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> by chance I found this report in the Fedora 19 bugtracker:
>>>
>>> FTBFS: segmentation fault in lib/vector/diglib/test.c
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961838
>>>
>>> -> Segmentation fault, looks like integer overflow.
>>> Does anybody see the issue?
>>
>> Fixed August 2011 in trunk r47992.
>
> Can I backport it then?

In theory yes, but only the changes introduced with r47992, not the
current version of lib/vector/diglib/portable.c in trunk.

The diglib test might then fail.
>
>> This affects only big endian systems.
>
I was wrong, the portability test simulates a little endian and a big
endian system and can thus cause a segfault on any system.

Markus M