Re: memory corruption in grops

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At 2026-07-24T18:24:35-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> ...but this old James Clark code might in fact be the same problem.
>=20
> -  if (csalpha(*p) && (p[1] =3D=3D '\0' || p[1] =3D=3D ' ' || p[1] =3D=3D=
 '\n')) {
> -    error("scaling units not allowed in arguments for X import command");
>=20
> I'll be be finding out in 20 minutes or so when this build finishes.

It didn't take quite that long.  Clark was cleverer/better/more careful
than I, and did not, it seems, read from p[1] when he shouldn't have.

So far I have only one head over 10 years old I can mount on my wall
=66rom this week's festivities.  Most of the bugs are my own spawn.

Regards,
Branden

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