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Description of problem:
cvs rdiff generates a segmentation fault when provided '-D' options.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Login to bash as an ordinary user
2. Set CVSROOT to point to the cvs repository, and export it
3. Run the command: $ cvs rdiff -Dyesterday -Dtoday <module>
where <module> is the name of a module in your cvs repository.
	

Actual Results:  cvs rdiff generates a segmentation fault, and a corresponding 
core file.  I have deleted and regenerated the core file more than five times.  
Changing the date format provided to the '-D' option does not help.

Expected Results:  I expected a listing of the differences of the files that 
had changed since yesterday.

Additional info:

here is the stack dump from gdb.  I rebuilt cvs to provide some debug 
information.  this problem also occurs with the cvs binary provided by redhat's 
cvs rpm (version 1.11.1p1, release 7).

I have the latest glibc rpm (2.2.4, release 24) from redhat installed.

$ gdb /usr/local/bin/cvs-1.11.1p1 core
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This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"...
Core was generated by `/usr/local/bin/cvs-1.11.1p1 rdiff -s -Dyesterday -Dtoday 
iDirect'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /lib/libcrypt.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libcrypt.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/kerberos/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/kerberos/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/kerberos/lib/libkrb5.so.3...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/kerberos/lib/libkrb5.so.3
Reading symbols from /usr/kerberos/lib/libk5crypto.so.3...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/kerberos/lib/libk5crypto.so.3
Reading symbols from /lib/libresolv.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libresolv.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/kerberos/lib/libcom_err.so.3...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/kerberos/lib/libcom_err.so.3
Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libc.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#0  0x08075320 in RCS_getdate (rcs=0x80d87b0, 
    date=0x80d0f28 "2002.04.12.22.10.33", force_tag_match=1) at rcs.c:2898
2898        if (!force_tag_match || RCS_datecmp (vers->date, date) <= 0)
(gdb) bt
#0  0x08075320 in RCS_getdate (rcs=0x80d87b0, 
    date=0x80d0f28 "2002.04.12.22.10.33", force_tag_match=1) at rcs.c:2898
#1  0x08071546 in patch_fileproc (callerdat=0x0, finfo=0xbffff200)
    at patch.c:415
#2  0x0807d616 in do_file_proc (p=0x80db328, closure=0xbffff1f0)
    at recurse.c:823
#3  0x0806260e in walklist (list=0x80dd828, proc=0x807d538 <do_file_proc>, 
    closure=0xbffff1f0) at hash.c:370
#4  0x0807d452 in do_recursion (frame=0xbffff290) at recurse.c:727
#5  0x0807db18 in do_dir_proc (p=0x80dbf48, closure=0xbffff338)
    at recurse.c:1087
#6  0x0806260e in walklist (list=0x80d4038, proc=0x807d63c <do_dir_proc>, 
    closure=0xbffff338) at hash.c:370
#7  0x0807d4e0 in do_recursion (frame=0xbffff3e0) at recurse.c:754
#8  0x0807db18 in do_dir_proc (p=0x80d3f50, closure=0xbffff488)
    at recurse.c:1087
#9  0x0806260e in walklist (list=0x80d3690, proc=0x807d63c <do_dir_proc>, 
    closure=0xbffff488) at hash.c:370
#10 0x0807d4e0 in do_recursion (frame=0xbffff530) at recurse.c:754
#11 0x0807db18 in do_dir_proc (p=0x80d4e00, closure=0xbffff5d8)
    at recurse.c:1087
#12 0x0806260e in walklist (list=0x80d38f8, proc=0x807d63c <do_dir_proc>, 
    closure=0xbffff5d8) at hash.c:370
#13 0x0807d4e0 in do_recursion (frame=0xbffff680) at recurse.c:754
#14 0x0807db18 in do_dir_proc (p=0x80d0fa0, closure=0xbffff728)
    at recurse.c:1087
#15 0x0806260e in walklist (list=0x80d1418, proc=0x807d63c <do_dir_proc>, 
    closure=0xbffff728) at hash.c:370
#16 0x0807d4e0 in do_recursion (frame=0xbffff7c0) at recurse.c:754
#17 0x0807cfe6 in start_recursion (fileproc=0x8071480 <patch_fileproc>, 
    filesdoneproc=0, direntproc=0x8072140 <patch_dirproc>, dirleaveproc=0, 
    callerdat=0x0, argc=0, argv=0x80d1058, local=0, which=6, aflag=0, 
    readlock=1, update_preload=0x80d1048 "iDirect", dosrcs=1) at recurse.c:351
#18 0x08071466 in patch_proc (argc=1, argv=0x80d1000, xwhere=0x0, mwhere=0x0, 
    mfile=0x0, shorten=0, local_specified=0, mname=0x80d0c50 "iDirect", 
    msg=0x80b93a2 "Patching") at patch.c:356
#19 0x0806e917 in do_module (db=0x80d1140, mname=0x80d0c50 "iDirect", 
    m_type=PATCH, msg=0x80b93a2 "Patching", 
    callback_proc=0x80711a0 <patch_proc>, where=0x0, shorten=0, 
    local_specified=0, run_module_prog=0, build_dirs=0, extra_arg=0x0)
    at modules.c:299
#20 0x0807116d in patch (argc=5, argv=0x80d0be0) at patch.c:255
#21 0x0806d604 in main (argc=5, argv=0x80d0bd0) at main.c:987
#22 0x40102647 in __libc_start_main (main=0x806cb60 <main>, argc=6, 
    ubp_av=0xbffffa64, init=0x804a29c <_init>, fini=0x80a7480 <_fini>, 
    rtld_fini=0x4000dcd4 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbffffa5c)
    at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:129
(gdb)