Closed Bug 293087 Opened 20 years ago Closed 16 years ago

lxr tells me "does not fit in specified buffer" instead of "string too long"

Categories

(Webtools Graveyard :: MXR, defect)

Product:
Webtools Graveyard
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 319638

People

(Reporter: myk, Assigned: bear)

References

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URL
)

Details

For the lengthy string in the URL field of this bug report, LXR doesn't tell me
the string is too long for LXR to search for it, but rather:

---
Search failed
Reason: pattern '[the pattern]' does not fit in specified buffer
glimpse: error in options or arguments to `agrep'

This is glimpse version 3.6, 1996.
---

Besides the message being user-unfriendly, this seems dangerous.  If there isn't
a bug or an exploit here somewhere, there may be in the future.  LXR should
reject this string before it ever passes it to glimpse.
Mass reassign of open bugs for chase@mozilla.org to build@mozilla-org.bugs.
Assignee: chase → build
QA Contact: timeless → lxr
Reassigning all LXR bugs assigned to build@mozilla-org.bugs to the default LXR owner (sorry Bear!)

We aren't actively working on these (if that's wrong, please reassign to yourself/a real person).
Assignee: build → bear
QA Contact: lxr → timeless
Version: Trunk → other
QA Contact: timeless → lxr
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Product: Webtools → Webtools Graveyard
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