173368 – sys-apps/file 4.20 - problems processing a file containing only a large number of LFs

Bug 173368 - sys-apps/file 4.20 - problems processing a file containing only a large number of LFs

Summary: sys-apps/file 4.20 - problems processing a file containing only a large numbe...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

URL:	http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2007/...
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Reported:	2007-04-04 16:46 UTC by Icebird2000
Modified:	2007-04-07 10:04 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Fix for DOS (file-4.20-dos-bug.patch,634 bytes, patch) 2007-04-04 16:47 UTC, Icebird2000	Details \| Diff
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Description Icebird2000 2007-04-04 16:46:42 UTC

file-4.20 has problems processing a file containing only a large number of line feed characters

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. perl -e 'for (1..2700) {print "\n" x 10}' >0.lis
2. time file 0.lis


Actual Results:  
can fix with the attached patch

Comment 1 Icebird2000 2007-04-04 16:47:15 UTC

Created attachment 115460 [details, diff]
Fix for DOS

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2007-04-07 10:04:40 UTC

added 4.20-r1