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@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ * Version 5.3.1. + * src/expr.c (toarith): Rewrite to detect/diagnose integer overflow, + rather than suffering silently. + Before, expr would silently overflow and wrap around: + $ expr 9223372036854775808 = 0 # $(echo 2^63|bc) + 1 + Now it detects the problem and exits nonzero: + $ ./expr $(echo 2^63|bc) = 0 + ./expr: 9223372036854775808: integer is too large + * tests/chown/separator (id_gn): Exit 77, not 1, for a test-framework failure, so that doesn't cause `make check' to stop. Nelson Beebe reported that this test would fail with this diagnostic |