great thanks for testing I'll be sure to add this patch to my dpkg/tar maybe
someone could get the current versions?
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TS
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On 2013-11-04, at 2:59 AM, Martin Costabel <costa...@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> On 4/11/13 05:03, TheSin wrote:
>> Thought I'd post this here, this is the reply from the dpkg author that I
>> have been trying to fix the u-a tests with. I haven't had a chance to apply
>> and test the patch or even look at it, but I hope to do so this week.
>
>> diff --git a/dpkg-deb/main.c b/dpkg-deb/main.c
>> index 28bcd7b..abfe336 100644
>> --- a/dpkg-deb/main.c
>> +++ b/dpkg-deb/main.c
>> @@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
>> bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
>> textdomain(PACKAGE);
>>
>> + gettext("");
>> +
>> dpkg_set_progname(BACKEND);
>> standard_startup();
>> myopt(&argv, cmdinfos, printforhelp);
>
> This does indeed work (I guess that is what I meant when I wrote
> "understanding what the precise mechanism of the crash is would
> require a deep understanding of CoreFoundation's innards" :-) ). I tested it
> in dpkg and in tar (remember that these are two independent bugs, both need
> fixing).
>
> For the current dpkg-1.10.21 in Fink, the insertion of gettext("") can be
> done as is in include/dpkg.h ( that's where textdomain(PACKAGE) appears), or
> in dpkg-deb.main.c after the line
>
> standard_startup(&ejbuf, argc, &argv, NULL, 0, cmdinfos);
>
> The patch works also for tar, when it is applied in /src/tar.c.
>
> --
> Martin
>
>
>
>
>
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