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From: deraadt@newt.cuc.ab.ca (Theo de Raadt)
Subject: 386BSD: kvm_mkdb patch, whoops, whoops.
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Organization: little lizard city
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 22:27:25 GMT
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I errored in my patch to kvm_mkdb (my kvm_mkdb.c.old file was corrupt, not the
new one). Here's the right patch.
Problem was that if kvm_mkdb was given an argument, it would try to open the
file kvm_mkdb (ie. argv[0]) instead of argv[1].
*** kvm_mkdb.c.old Thu Dec 31 15:26:09 1992
--- kvm_mkdb.c Mon Dec 28 21:58:18 1992
***************
*** 71,77 ****
argc -= optind;
argv += optind;
! nlistpath = argc > 1 ? argv[0] : _PATH_UNIX;
nlistname = basename(nlistpath);
(void)sprintf(dbtemp, "%s/kvm_%s.tmp", _PATH_VARRUN, nlistname);
--- 71,77 ----
argc -= optind;
argv += optind;
! nlistpath = argc > 1 ? argv[1] : _PATH_UNIX;
nlistname = basename(nlistpath);
(void)sprintf(dbtemp, "%s/kvm_%s.tmp", _PATH_VARRUN, nlistname);
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