Aucbvax.4062
net.2bsd-bugs
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!dist2
Sat Sep 26 03:56:41 1981
FIXED:  bug in src/delivermail/vax-mail.c
	From ucsfcgl!tef Tue Sep  8 19:07:53 1981
	To: ucbvax!v7bugs
	Subject: bug in BTL v7 mail


	If you try to send someone a file that's greater than 32767 bytes,
	the Bell v7 mail program will do funny things; most probably it will
	just drop all those bytes on the floor somewhere. (Ever try to pick
	up 32767 bytes off the floor???)  The fix is simple:

		In the procedure copylet(), change the declaraction of
		``k'' from an int to a long.

Quite right.  In the case of 2.8BSD, the fix should be applied to the
program ~/src/delivermail/vax-mail.c:

	diff vax-mail.c.old vax-mail.c
	371c371,372
	 {	int ch;
	> 	long	k;
	374c375
	 1 && (ch=fgetc(tmpf))!='\n')
	---
	> 	while(k-- > 1L && (ch=fgetc(tmpf))!='\n')
	382c383
	1)
	---
	> 	while(k-->1L)

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