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

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

The following reply was made to PR toolchain/46827; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, toolchain-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, 
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Subject: Re: toolchain/46827: Cannot build the kernel, even Generic.
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:00:39 -0400

 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