[patch 2.4] menuconfig fix crash due to infinite recursion

From: maks attems
Date: Wed Sep 29 2004 - 11:22:07 EST


gawk(1) tells that getline "returns 0 on end of file and -1 on an error."
in current script for menuconfig if getline has an error,
it is still treated as true.

2.6 don't use that script anymore.
fix suggestion from Aharon Robbins <arnold@xxxxxxxxxx>
debian bts has 2 bugs open concerning that issue,
this is the one containing belows fix:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=147469

[TM] tested.
menuconfig still works for me. ;)


--- a/scripts/Menuconfig 2002-08-03 02:39:46.000000000 +0200
+++ b/scripts/Menuconfig 2004-09-29 18:00:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ BEGIN {

function parser(ifile,menu) {

- while (getline <ifile) {
+ while ((getline < ifile) > 0) {
if ($1 == "mainmenu_option") {
comment_is_option = "1"
}

--
maks
kernel janitor http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/

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