4.2 BSD nm bug

jm at wlbr.UUCP jm at wlbr.UUCP
Tue Jun 12 14:06:05 AEST 1984


Subject: nm fails to close files when errors occur
Index:	src/nm.c 4.2BSD

Description:
	When nm is given a file without a reasonable magic number,
	it fails to close it before proceeding on to the next one.

Repeat-By:
	Run the following command in a directory with some executables,
	and some data files:

		nm -o * | fgrep <symbol name>

	After so many bad files, nm will produce an error for every
	remaining file in its argument list.

Fix:
	The following changes will make nm close the file before proceeding
	on to the next one. (Whew... all this garbage for only changing
	two lines!!!)

*** nm.c.old	Tue Jun  5 17:32:56 1984
--- nm.c	Tue Jun  5 17:34:41 1984
***************
*** 99,105
  	fread((char *)&mag_un, 1, sizeof(mag_un), fi);
  	if (mag_un.mag_exp.a_magic == OARMAG) {
  		error(0, "old archive");
! 		return;
  	}
  	if (strncmp(mag_un.mag_armag, ARMAG, SARMAG)==0)
  		archive++;

--- 99,105 -----
  	fread((char *)&mag_un, 1, sizeof(mag_un), fi);
  	if (mag_un.mag_exp.a_magic == OARMAG) {
  		error(0, "old archive");
! 		goto out;
  	}
  	if (strncmp(mag_un.mag_armag, ARMAG, SARMAG)==0)
  		archive++;
***************
*** 105,111
  		archive++;
  	else if (N_BADMAG(mag_un.mag_exp)) {
  		error(0, "bad format");
! 		return;
  	}
  	fseek(fi, 0L, 0);
  	if (archive) {

--- 105,111 -----
  		archive++;
  	else if (N_BADMAG(mag_un.mag_exp)) {
  		error(0, "bad format");
! 		goto out;
  	}
  	fseek(fi, 0L, 0);
  	if (archive) {



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