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authorNiels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se>2016-12-08 09:48:50 +0000
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2016-12-08 10:10:34 +0000
commitc44da115063bfea7ef8b2afd1c9d52737e2b7f70 (patch)
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downloadcoreutils-c44da115063bfea7ef8b2afd1c9d52737e2b7f70.tar.xz
factor: fix infinite loop in gcd2_odd
* src/factor.c (gcd2_odd): Fix the case a1 == 0, a0 == 0. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/25135
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* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+** Bug fixes
+
+ factor no longer goes into an infinite loop for certain numbers like
+ 158909489063877810457 and 222087527029934481871.
+ [bug introduced in coreutils-8.20]
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.26 (2016-11-30) [stable]