Re: Segmentation fault at dbConvert.c in Ubuntu 32/64 bit

[Benjamin Franksen <benjamin.franksen@helmholtz-berlin.de>]

On 21.02.2017 11:42, freddie.akeroyd@stfc.ac.uk wrote:
> I think  get_precision()  expects a  long*  for the precision but the
> variable passed is declared   int   in getFloatString() and
> getDoubleString(). In theory this could cause a crash on 64 bit linux
> as int and long are different sizes, but It wouldn’t explain the
> 32bit crash though as int and long are the same size on that
> architecture…

Carsten told me (on the phone) that indeed it /looks/ as if this is
causing the problem. He'll send a patch when he is sure.

The root cause is, of course, the completely unnecessary circumvention
of type checking in the methods of struct rset (and similarly for dset,
drvet, etc).

I see that even in 3.16 this has not changed.

Cheers
Ben
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