Subject: [patch] menuc bug in mdb.c
To: None <tech-userlevel@NetBSD.org>
From: Devon H. O'Dell <devon.odell@coyotepoint.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 11/13/2007 10:58:48
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Hey All,

In playing with menuc for a work project, I found an issue in 
menu_sys.defs / mdb.c where the generated output actually fails to 
compile when dynamic menus are not enabled. I suppose this hasn't been 
noticed because it's not actually used outside of sysinst.

num_menus Is only declared if dynamic menus are enabled, however it is 
referenced outside of #ifdef protection in process_menu(). The attached 
patch to mdb.c generates a declaration for this in case dynamic menus 
are not used. I think the placement is ok. I worried about the placement 
of the patch in mdb.c versus doing something else in menu_sys.defs, but 
I noticed that there are quite a few expectations about various symbols 
being defined by the generator / used in the defs file, so I figure this 
fix is as good as any.

Haven't received mailing list confirmation yet, so please CC me on 
replies. I've also filed a PR for this bug.

Thanks!

--dho


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? mdb.diff
Index: mdb.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /workspaces/cvsroot/nbsrc/usr.bin/menuc/mdb.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 mdb.c
--- mdb.c	26 Oct 2006 03:06:40 -0000	1.1.1.1
+++ mdb.c	13 Nov 2007 15:48:22 -0000
@@ -361,6 +361,10 @@
 
 
 	/* menus */
+	if (!do_dynamic) {
+	    (void) fprintf (out_file, "static int num_menus = %d;\n", menu_no);
+	}
+
 	(void) fprintf (out_file, "static struct menudesc menu_def[] = {\n");
 	for (i=0; i<menu_no; i++) {
 		(void) fprintf (out_file,

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