From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Wed Jan 22 16:19:24 2003
Subject: Invalid fmt strings to sprintf can lock.
From: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
To: Paul Gammans <paul at computer-surgery dot co dot uk>
Cc: bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:19:22 -0600

On 17-Jan-2003, Paul Gammans <paul at computer-surgery dot co dot uk> wrote:

| Subject: Invalid fmt strings to sprintf can lock.
| --------
| Bug report for Octave 2.1.43 configured for i386-pc-linux-gnu
| 
| Description:
| -----------
| 
|    * Calling the function sprintf with an invalid of stupid fmt string
|      causes octave to lock.
| 
| Repeat-By:
| ---------
| 
|    * sprintf("%-2147483648d ", 3);

I checked in some changes to the CVS archive that allow this to be
interrupted.

Thanks,

jwe



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