From ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk  Sat Jul 19 19:46:42 2003
From: ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian Ripley)
Date: Sat Jul 19 19:46:42 2003
Subject: [Rd] finename length no check (PR#3466)
In-Reply-To: <200307120654.h6C6sfJH004343@pubhealth.ku.dk>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307191844510.1901-100000@gannet.stats>

Fixed now (and similar cases), but why do you need a filename like that
(or anything like that long?)?  Many OSes have limits around 256 chars.

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 nakama@ki.rim.or.jp wrote:

> Full_Name: Ei-ji Nakama
> Version: R-1.7.1
> OS: Linux
> Submission from: (NULL) (219.117.236.13)
> 
> 
> > filename <- "----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----
> +----7----+----8----+----9----+----0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4---
> -+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0----+----1----+----2--
> --+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0-
> ---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
> ----+----9----+----0----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----
> 6----+----7----+----8----+----9----+----0----+----1----+----2"
> > png(file=filename,width=100,height=100,pointsize=12)
> Segmentation fault
> 
> src/modules/X11/devX11.c

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[Rd] finename length no check (PR#3466)
Prof Brian Ripley