'dd if=/dev/zero bs=5k count=1 | xclip; xclip -out' gives a segmentation fault (in malloc.c). 4096 bytes is OK, 4097 gives a segmentation fault. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.dd if=/dev/zero bs=5k count=1 | xclip; xclip -out 2. 3. Actual Results: $ dd if=/dev/zero bs=5k count=1 | xclip; xclip -out 1+0 records in 1+0 records out Segmentation fault Expected Results: Take and give the input. [I--] [ ] x11-misc/xclip-0.08 (0) Gentoo Base System version 1.5.2 Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r0, 2.6.8-rc2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-rc2 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -g -march=pentium4 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g -march=pentium4 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache nostrip sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X Xaw3d aalib acpi acpi4linux alsa avi berkdb bidi bindist bonobo caps cddb cdr chroot crypt cscope cups curl dga dillo directfb dnd dvd emacs encode evo faad fam fbcon ffmpeg fftw flac flash foomaticdb gb gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imap imlib irda jack java javascript jbig jikes joystick jpeg kde lcms libdsk libg++ libgda libwww linguas_en linguas_nl lirc ltsp mad mbox memlimit mikmod mmx mng motif mozilla mozp3p mozsvg mpeg msn music ncurses nls offensive ofx oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl pic png ppds python qt quicktime quotes radeon readline ruby samba scanner sdl skey sox speedo speex spell sse ssl stencil-buffer t1lib tcltk tcpd theora tiff transparent-proxy truetype type1 usb v4l vim-with-x wmf x86 xchattext xemacs xine xinerama xml2 xmms xosd xv xvid yahoo zlib zvbi"
You have to define an upper limit and the author of the package decided 4096 bytes should be enough. If you really need more you can patch the package yourself, or contact the upstream developer. --- xcdef.h_ 2004-11-07 11:54:57.593378752 +0100 +++ xcdef.h 2004-11-07 11:55:21.396760088 +0100 @@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ #define ST "T" /* true */ /* maximume size to read/write to/from a property at once in bytes */ -#define XC_CHUNK 4096 +#define XC_CHUNK xxxx
Created attachment 63036 [details, diff] Doesn't seg fault, makes me smile. Pretty simple patch %s/ltxt/(*txt)/g, to remove an inconsistently initialized alias for an argument.
Comment on attachment 63036 [details, diff] Doesn't seg fault, makes me smile. Bummer ... it was offering to let me reopen the bug when I posted the patch, but it doesn't like me anymore. Hope somebody sees it anyway.
