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From: ajk@schwinger.physics.purdue.edu (Andrew J. Korty)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Bug in ether_aton()
Date: 20 Nov 1996 22:45:55 GMT
Organization: Physics Department, Purdue University
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Message-ID: <5701n3$ks9@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>
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Is there a bug in the ether_aton() library call? The following diff
shows what it seems like it should be.
ajk
*** ether_addr.c Wed Nov 20 17:39:58 1996
--- ajk_ether_addr.c Wed Nov 20 17:41:59 1996
***************
*** 92,97 ****
static struct ether_addr o;
! i = sscanf(a, "%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x", o.octet[0], o.octet[1], o.octet[2],
! o.octet[3], o.octet[4], o.octet[5]);
if (i != 6)
return (NULL);
--- 92,97 ----
static struct ether_addr o;
! i = sscanf(a, "%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x", &o.octet[0], &o.octet[1],
! &o.octet[2], &o.octet[3], &o.octet[4], &o.octet[5]);
if (i != 6)
return (NULL);