make command bug

From: Tim Newsham <newsham_at_nospam.org>
Date: Mon Jul 19 2004 - 18:18:31 PDT

The make utility has a buffer overflow which causes it to break
in the middle of some builds.

src/bin/ports/make:make.c has a function named make1() which
uses a buffer 'char tmpnam[MAXNAMSIZ]' to hold path names.
These paths can be quite a bit longer than the 32 characters
alotted. Upping the size to something larger will fix the
immediate issue.

Tim N.
Received on 20 Jul 2004 01:18:31 GMT

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