>Number:         19677
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       awk gives warnings when executing /usr/share/sushi/users/listuser/script
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 04 07:39:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Pavel Cahyna
>Release:        1.6_STABLE from December 2002
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD omega 1.6_STABLE NetBSD 1.6_STABLE (GENERIC) #0: Fri Nov 22 12:41:51 MET 2002     bouyer@java:/home/tmp/alpha/obj/sys/arch/alpha/compile/GENERIC alpha

>Description:
when executing /usr/share/sushi/users/listuser/script 2>&1 | less
I get following output:

-- cut here --
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
Username    Real name                         UID
root        Charlie &                           0
toor        Bourne-again Superuser              0
daemon      The devil himself                   1
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@              
                      0
bin         Binaries Commands and Source        3
news        Network News                        6
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@                                    0
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@                                    0
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@      
                              0
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@              
       awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
awk in free(): warning: chunk is already free.
               0
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@              
                      0
uucp        UNIX-to-UNIX Copy                  66
nobody      Unprivileged user               32767
pc                                           1002
build       ,,,                              1000
lhc                                          2050

-- cut here --

^@ is less' representation of binary 0.
the warning are written on stderr, the rest on stdout.
On an i386 this error doesn't occur.


>How-To-Repeat:
run /usr/share/sushi/users/listuser/script on an alpha

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: