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+2006-12-20 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
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+ "cut -f 2- A B" no longer triggers a double-free bug
+ * src/cut.c (cut_fields): Set file-scoped global to NULL after
+ freeing it. This avoids a double-free (and core dump on some systems)
+ for this usage: "echo 1>a; echo 2>b; cut -f2- a b". Reported by
+ James Hunt in <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/220312>.
+ * NEWS: List this bug fix.
+ * THANKS: Mention him.
+ * tests/misc/cut: New file.
+ * tests/misc/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add cut.
+
2006-12-15 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
* tests/cp/open-perm-race: Correct the gdb-existence check.