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Re: NEWS for 6.7: mention coverity bug fixes
- From: Nick Roberts <nickrob at snap dot net dot nz>
- To: msnyder at sonic dot net
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:05:33 +1200
- Subject: Re: NEWS for 6.7: mention coverity bug fixes
- References: <10983.12.7.175.2.1187377963.squirrel@webmail.sonic.net>
> *** Changes since GDB 6.6
>
> + * 58 Coverity issues resolved in gdb, 29 in bfd, 1 in libiberty, and
> + 1 in opcodes. These include such things as resource leaks, null pointer
> + dereference, use after free, and array overruns.
> +
> * When looking up multiply-defined global symbols, GDB will now prefer the
> symbol definition in the current shared library if it was built using the
> -Bsymbolic linker option.
I can imagine that Coverity would like recognition when their software is
successfully used to find bugs in free software projects, but I don't think
that NEWS is the right place to do it. This file details what changes have
been made to GDB, not how they were made or how many were made. You already
mention Coverity in the ChangeLogs, which seems the right thing to do. _They_
can then use this as evidence to any claims that they might wish to make about
their software.
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Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob