+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #497368 +++ Description of problem As described in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2009-04/msg00215.html , RHEL-4/5 and F-9/F-10 join command could segfault due to error in RedHat only i18n patch. Problem was already fixed in Rawhide branch. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: always, see link in the mail above for reproducer files Steps to Reproduce: 1. join s1.txt s2.txt >/dev/null Actual results: segfault Expected results: No segfault, just info about unsorted files. --- Additional comment from ovasik on 2009-04-23 13:12:32 EDT --- Created an attachment (id=340969) Patch to fix segfault in join for multibyte locales Actually it turned out that the issue was not fixed in rawhide, but the occurance was reduced from 100% to ~10% due to better memory management. Error was caused by checking pointers for exact equality/non equality with limit - which may cause skipping this limit for multibyte locales. Segfault could be easily workarounded by `LC_ALL=C join s1.txt s2.txt` or could be fixed even for multibyte locales by applying attached patch and rebuilding sources. --- Additional comment from ovasik on 2009-04-23 13:13:14 EDT --- Fixed in RAWHIDE and built as coreutils-7.2-3.fc12.
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: The "join" utility, which joins two text files, or a file and standard input, on a line-by-line basis, could experience a segmentation fault when running under a multibyte locale. In addition, multibyte locales could cause "join" to produce unexpected results. With this updated package, these coding errors have been corrected so that "join" completes correctly and successfully when run under a multibyte locale.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0230.html