Package: partman Version: 64 Severity: important Tags: sarge, sid parted_server has many instances of this sort of code:
return devices[index_of_name(name)].dev; However, index_of_name(name) can change the devices pointer, and according to the C standard the two subexpressions 'devices' and 'index_of_name(name)' may be evaluated in either order. Thus, the semantics of this code are unspecified, so the compiler is free to generate code that evaluates 'devices' first, when it's still NULL at parted_server startup. The practical upshot of this is that parted_server segfaults immediately on OPEN when compiled with gcc 4.0. I've fixed this in SVN trunk. I'm not prepared to bet that earlier versions of gcc will never generate code that evaluates 'devices' before 'index_of_name(name)', so I think we should backport this fix to sarge. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]