Bug 444833 - patch introduces off by one error (extra nullbyte)
Summary: patch introduces off by one error (extra nullbyte)
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: tcpflow
Version: 8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Terje Røsten
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrep...
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-04-30 21:41 UTC by Till Maas
Modified: 2008-07-26 06:03 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version: 0.21-4.fc8
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-05-10 13:52:18 UTC
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Description Till Maas 2008-04-30 21:41:36 UTC
Description of problem:
The patch in tcpflow makes it add an extra nullbyte in output files.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
tcpflow-0.21-2.fc8

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. dump a tcp connection in a file with tcpdupm -w foo.dump
2. run tcpflow -r foo.dump
  
Actual results:
every output file starts with an extra nullbyte

Expected results:
there should be no extra nullbyte.

Additional info:
The debian maintainer is planning to release a fixed version of the patch, see
the reference.

Comment 1 Till Maas 2008-05-02 08:19:33 UTC
Using the new patch from debian fixes the problem for me, if you want, I can
attach the patch here or commit it to cvs.

Comment 2 Terje Røsten 2008-05-02 11:09:55 UTC
Thanks for the report.

Could you please test the tcpflow-0.21-4.fc8 package available in koji:

 http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=47881

The new patch should be included there.


 

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-05-03 11:53:53 UTC
tcpflow-0.21-4.fc7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 7

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-05-03 11:54:37 UTC
tcpflow-0.21-4.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-05-03 11:55:20 UTC
tcpflow-0.21-4.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9

Comment 6 Till Maas 2008-05-03 19:54:59 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)

> Could you please test the tcpflow-0.21-4.fc8 package available in koji:
> 
>  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=47881

This packages works fine for me, i.e. fixes the bug.

Comment 7 Terje Røsten 2008-05-03 20:10:51 UTC
> This packages works fine for me, i.e. fixes the bug.

Great, it' pending for stable update now.



Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2008-05-10 13:52:16 UTC
tcpflow-0.21-4.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2008-05-13 15:28:19 UTC
tcpflow-0.21-4.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2008-07-26 06:03:31 UTC
tcpflow-0.21-4.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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