Closed Bug 2431 Opened 26 years ago Closed 26 years ago

PL_GetNextOpt asserts if an option with an associated value is not immediately followed by its value.

Categories

(NSPR :: NSPR, defect, P2)

Product:
NSPR
Component:
NSPR
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
CLOSED FIXED

People

(Reporter: wtc, Assigned: wtc)

Details

This bug is reported by Greg Scallan <spider@netscape.com>.

Suppose we have a command line option 'i' that has an associated
value.  It is specified as "i:" in the third parameter for
PL_CreateOptState, and we would type "-i string" on the command
line.

If we accidentally type "-im string" on the command line,
PL_GetNextOpt asserts.  While "-im string" is indeed malformed,
an assertion failure is not an appropriate response.  Instead,
PL_GetNextOpt should return PL_OPT_BAD to indicate that the
option is invalid.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Fixed on the tip.
/cvsroot/mozilla/nsprpub/lib/libc/src/plgetopt.c, revision 3.2.

Also fixed in the internal cvs repository.
/m/src/ns/nspr20/lib/libc/src/plgetopt.c, revision 2.2.
QA Contact: 80
spider set as qa contact to verify
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Status: VERIFIED → CLOSED
Closed the bug.
NSPR now has its own Bugzilla product.  Moving this bug to the NSPR product.
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