pilot-link errors: *** buffer overflow detected ***: pilot-xfer terminated

[David Malcolm]

On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 20:50 +1100, Rodd Clarkson wrote:
> > When I run the pilot-xfer program (as a regular user or as root), I get
> > the error included at the end of my email.  I'm using the most recent
> > version available in rawhide:
> > 
> > rpm -qi pilot-link
> > Name        : pilot-link                   Relocations: (not
> > relocatable)
> > Version     : 0.12.0                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
> > Release     : 0.pre4.5                      Build Date: Tue 30 Aug 2005
> > 07:59:41 AM CDT
> > Install Date: Fri 16 Sep 2005 11:11:56 PM CDT      Build Host:
> > tweety.build.redhat.com
> > Group       : Applications/Communications   Source RPM:
> > pilot-link-0.12.0-0.pre4.5.src.rpm
> > Size        : 1382129                          License: GPL
> > Signature   : (none)
> > Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
> > URL         : http://www.pilot-link.org/
> > Summary     : File transfer utilities between Linux and PalmPilots.
> > 
> > I recompiled this same version of pilot-link myself and it works ok.  So
> > this is fixed for me, but thought I'd report it.  Should I create a bug
> > in bugzilla?  (I haven't done this too often, and the ones I have done,
> > I don't think I did a very good job creating them.)
> 
> I've tried to recompile but to no avail.
> 
> see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=170068
> 
Is that the right link?  That pointed to a gnomevfs/HAL bug for me.

Querying found this similar-looking one:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=167947


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