Patch applied. Thanks.
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William K. Volkman wrote:
> Noted with versions 7.0.3, 7.1.3, and 7.2.1:
>
> The psql interpreter becomes unstable if variable substitutions
> are used. The debugger GDB was unable to help however mpatrol
> reports that the sprintf at mainloop.c:389 is steping one byte
> farther than the allocation.
>
> Patch file attached.
>
> Cheers,
> William.
>
>
>
> --- postgresql-7.1.3/src/bin/psql/mainloop.c~ Mon Mar 26 08:18:51 2001
> +++ postgresql-7.1.3/src/bin/psql/mainloop.c Tue May 28 15:00:12 2002
> @@ -379,7 +379,8 @@
> {
> out_length = strlen(value);
>
> - new = malloc(len + out_length - (1 + in_length) + 1);
> + /* Allow for 'after' character also 2002-05-27 */
> + new = malloc(len + out_length - (1 + in_length) + 1 + 1);
> if (!new)
> {
> psql_error("out of memory\n");
>
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