Re: [boost] Re: regression problems

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-28 01:59:41

At Monday 2004-09-27 22:16, you wrote:
>At Monday 2004-09-27 05:19, you wrote:
>>"Victor A. Wagner Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>> > I've had to remove mingw from my regression testing since it's
>> > creating .lib files which cause bjam to "except" when running the
>> > tests.  I can see _what_ the problem is, but not _why_ it is.  Here's
>> > the call stack (well what appears relevant... the top when the error
>> > occurs)
>> >[deleted]
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/5vwpf seems to indicate that we can fix it by changing
>>
>>
>>  if( !isspace(*endname) && *endname != '\\' && *endname != '/' )
>>
>>to
>>
>>  if( (unsigned)(c + 1) > 256 || !isspace(*endname) && *endname != '\\' 
>> && *endname != '/' )
>
>nope, nor does:
>if( (unsigned)(*endname + 1) > 256 || !isspace(*endname) && *endname != 
>'\\' && *endname != '/' )
>
>the problem just gets postponed and eventually someone tries to access 
>0xfdfdfdfd
>
>however, changing the malloc back several lines to be one larger, then 
>putting a '\0' at the end _does_ seem to fix it.
>
>Checked into CVS.
>
>
>>in tools/build/jam_src/filent.c
>>
>>Could you try making that change and letting us know how it works out?
>>
>>(BTW, this also indicates that you're using a debug build of bjam.
>>Maybe we should change things so people get a release build?  could
>>speed up testing)

oh yeah, I manually built a debug version in order to find this problem, 
the script normally builds a release version, then uses it.

>>Thanks,
>>--
>>Dave Abrahams
>>Boost Consulting
>>http://www.boost-consulting.com
>>
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