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Package: m4
Version: 1.4.8-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

`m4 -- nonexistent.m4' segfaults:

------------------------------------------------------------
$ m4 -- foo
Segmentation fault
------------------------------------------------------------

However without the "--" it works.

A patch that I believe fixes the problem:
------------------------------------------------------------
diff -rub m4-1.4.8/src/m4.c m4-1.4.8.fixed/src/m4.c
--- m4-1.4.8/src/m4.c   2006-11-20 15:55:47.000000000 +0200
+++ m4-1.4.8.fixed/src/m4.c     2007-01-04 22:24:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
     read_stdin = process_file ("-");
   else
     for (; optind < argc; optind++)
-      if (process_file (defines->arg))
+      if (process_file (argv[optind]))
        read_stdin = true;
 
   /* Now handle wrapup text.  */
------------------------------------------------------------

        Sami


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Source: m4
Source-Version: 1.4.8-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
m4, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

m4-doc_1.4.8-2_all.deb
  to pool/main/m/m4/m4-doc_1.4.8-2_all.deb
m4_1.4.8-2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/m/m4/m4_1.4.8-2.diff.gz
m4_1.4.8-2.dsc
  to pool/main/m/m4/m4_1.4.8-2.dsc
m4_1.4.8-2_powerpc.deb
  to pool/main/m/m4/m4_1.4.8-2_powerpc.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
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Format: 1.7
Date: Fri,  5 Jan 2007 11:05:48 +0100
Source: m4
Binary: m4-doc m4
Architecture: source powerpc all
Version: 1.4.8-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description: 
 m4         - a macro processing language
 m4-doc     - Documentation for GNU m4
Closes: 405594
Changes: 
 m4 (1.4.8-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Fixed command line parsing bug which produced a segfault. Closes: #405594.
     Thanks to Sami Liedes for the report and the patch.
Files: 
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m4_1.4.8-2_powerpc.deb

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