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Re: [PATCH] Fix _nl_find_msg malloc failure case, and callers.


On 05/07/2013 01:14 PM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Tue, 7 May 2013, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> 
>> This patch fixes two issues, and perhaps should be two distinct patches,
>> but I present it here as one for the sake of completeness.
> 
> There should be at least one bug in Bugzilla for this, if the issues fixed 
> are user-visible in some way.

Thanks for the reminder. Created BZ#15441.
 
> Also, the intl/ code is shared with GNU gettext; I don't know how much 
> divergence there has been on each side since they were last in sync, but 
> if the patch is plausibly applicable to the version in GNU gettext, 
> sending it there would be a good idea.

It is applicable.

There is quite a bit of divergence too.

Bug filed with GNU gettext:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?38930

The patch had to change only a little to apply upstream.

The broader question is: What are we going to do about 
synchronizing with GNU gettext? :-(

Cheers,
Carlos.


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