Bugzilla Bug 24238

sdiff crashes when I use the --tabsize option.

    $ sdiff --tabsize=4 f1 f2
    Segmentation fault

On other Gentoo boxes, I see

    $ sdiff --tabsize=4 f1 f2
    /usr/bin/diff: program error
    Segmentation fault


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:




Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-1.0, gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.2.5-r2,2.2.5-r8)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine)
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config
/usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config
/usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm avi crypt cups encode jpeg libg++ mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses
pdflib quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv alsa arts berkdb cdr esd gdbm gif
gnome-libs gpm gtk guile imlib java kde libwww motif mozilla mysql nls oggvorbis
opengl pam perl png postgres python qt readline scanner sdl slang ssl svga tcltk
tcpd tetex tiff X"
COMPILER=""
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=i686 -O3 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
FEATURES="fixpackages sandbox buildpkg ccache distcc userpriv usersandbox
notitles noclean noauto cvs keeptemp keepwork"


Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.4.20 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family      1400MHz
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo
http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config
/usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
USE="x86 crypt gif imlib jpeg libg++ libwww mmx ncurses nls pdflib png sdl spell
xml2 zlib berkdb slang readline java mysql pam ssl perl python -3dnow -apm -arts
-avi -cups -encode -gdbm -gnome -gpm -gtk -kde -mikmod -motif -mpeg -oggvorbis
-opengl -oss -qt -qtmt -quicktime sse -svga -tcpd -truetype -X -xmms -xv"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
MAKEOPTS="-j4"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
FEATURES="fixpackages sandbox buildpkg ccache distcc userpriv usersandbox
notitles noclean noauto cvs keeptemp keepwork"


Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.4.20 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine)
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config
/usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
USE="gnome zlib mysql perl x86 -oss -3dnow -apm -arts -avi berkdb crypt -cups
-encode -gdbm gif gpm -gtk imlib java jpeg -kde libg++ libwww -mikmod mmx -motif
-mpeg ncurses nls -oggvorbis -opengl pam pdflib png python -qt -qtmt -quicktime
readline sdl slang spell ssl -svga -tcpd -truetype -X xml2 -xmms -xv"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
FEATURES="fixpackages sandbox buildpkg ccache distcc userpriv usersandbox
notitles noclean noauto cvs keeptemp keepwork"

Interesting, Assigning to self...

found it.

typo in diff.c, patch checked in and is in diffutils-2.8.4-r4.ebuild

Nice find, thanks reporter.

FIXED.