r8368 - in trunk/BOOK: general/prog introduction/welcome

[ag]

Author: ag
Date: 2010-03-30 12:32:43 -0600 (Tue, 30 Mar 2010)
New Revision: 8368

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/general/prog/slang.xml
   trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
Log:
Fixed a buffer-overflow bug in S-Lang

Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/prog/slang.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/prog/slang.xml   2010-03-30 17:15:58 UTC (rev 8367)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/prog/slang.xml   2010-03-30 18:32:43 UTC (rev 8368)
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
     <para>Install <application>S-Lang</application> by running the following
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/&lt;=/&lt;/' src/slagetput.inc &amp;&amp;
+./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. Note that
@@ -95,6 +96,9 @@
 
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
+    
+    <para><command>sed -i 's/&lt;=/&lt;/' src/slagetput.inc;</command>:
+    This sed fixes a buffer-overflow bug.</para>
 
     <para><command>make install_doc_dir=/usr/share/doc/slang-&slang-version;
     SLSH_DOC_DIR=/usr/share/doc/slang-&slang-version;/slsh 
install-all</command>:

Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml       2010-03-30 17:15:58 UTC 
(rev 8367)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml       2010-03-30 18:32:43 UTC 
(rev 8368)
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
       <para>March 30th, 2010</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[ag] - Fixed with a sed a buffer overflow bug in S-Lang.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[randy] - Updated to Apache HTTPD-2.2.15.</para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>

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