Re: toolchain/46827: Cannot build the kernel, even Generic.

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Aug 23, 11:50am, rftmhmd%gmail.com@localhost (rftmhmd%gmail.com@localhost) 
wrote:
-- Subject: toolchain/46827: Cannot build the kernel, even Generic.

| Then run '/build.sh -m i386 kernel=GENERIC'
| 

Looks like a buffer overflow bug in "ar". 

Can you apply this patch to src/gnu/dist/binutils/binutils?

--- arsup.c     2009/11/07 17:58:34     1.2
+++ arsup.c     2012/08/23 11:58:53
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
   char *name;
   int t;
 {
-  char *tname = (char *) xmalloc (strlen (name) + 10);
+  char *tname = (char *) xmalloc (4096);
   const char *bname = lbasename (name);
   real_name = name;

christos