this patch makes sure that apr_date_parse_rfc doesn't corrupt the callers date string.
it was discussed in this thread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apr-dev&m=101223985500849&w=2 Index: srclib/apr-util/misc/apr_date.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvspublic/apr-util/misc/apr_date.c,v retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -r1.10 apr_date.c --- srclib/apr-util/misc/apr_date.c 13 Mar 2002 20:40:49 -0000 1.10 +++ srclib/apr-util/misc/apr_date.c 14 Mar 2002 03:23:43 -0000 @@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ apr_time_t result; int mint, mon; char *monstr, *timstr, *gmtstr; + char dummy[8]; static const int months[12] = { ('J' << 16) | ('a' << 8) | 'n', ('F' << 16) | ('e' << 8) | 'b', @@ -473,7 +474,9 @@ ds.tm_mday = ((date[0] - '0') * 10) + (date[1] - '0'); monstr = date + 3; - timstr = date + 10; + strncpy(dummy, date + 10, 8); + timstr = dummy; + timstr[6] = '0'; timstr[7] = '0'; gmtstr = NULL; @@ -488,7 +491,8 @@ ds.tm_mday = (date[0] - '0'); monstr = date + 2; - timstr = date + 9; + strncpy(dummy, date + 9, 8); + timstr = dummy; timstr[6] = '0'; timstr[7] = '0'; @@ -504,7 +508,8 @@ ds.tm_mday = ((date[0] - '0') * 10) + (date[1] - '0'); monstr = date + 3; - timstr = date + 9; + strncpy(dummy, date + 9, 8); + timstr = dummy; timstr[0] = '0'; gmtstr = date + 18; @@ -519,7 +524,8 @@ ds.tm_mday = (date[0] - '0'); monstr = date + 2; - timstr = date + 8; + strncpy(dummy, date + 8, 8); + timstr = dummy; timstr[0] = '0'; gmtstr = date + 17; _____________________________________________________________________ Stas Bekman JAm_pH -- Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide http://perl.apache.org/guide mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ticketmaster.com http://apacheweek.com http://singlesheaven.com http://perl.apache.org http://perlmonth.com/