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From 0507dfad5f060161f01840067e1bb1615257b636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludovic=20Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 17:27:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Do not rely on PATH_MAX when reading a symlink target.

* src/util.c (move_file, copy_file): Use 'fromst->st_size + 1' and
'tost->st_size + 1' for the allocation, and 'fromst->st_size' and
'tost->st_size' instead of PATH_MAX.  Fixes compilation on GNU/Hurd.
---
 src/util.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 1cc08ba..67dbd3a 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -460,12 +460,12 @@ move_file (char const *from, bool *from_needs_removal,
 
 	  /* FROM contains the contents of the symlink we have patched; need
 	     to convert that back into a symlink. */
-	  char *buffer = xmalloc (PATH_MAX);
+	  char *buffer = xmalloc (fromst->st_size + 1);
 	  int fd, size = 0, i;
 
 	  if ((fd = safe_open (from, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY, 0)) < 0)
 	    pfatal ("Can't reopen file %s", quotearg (from));
-	  while ((i = read (fd, buffer + size, PATH_MAX - size)) > 0)
+	  while ((i = read (fd, buffer + size, fromst->st_size - size)) > 0)
 	    size += i;
 	  if (i != 0 || close (fd) != 0)
 	    read_fatal ();
@@ -610,10 +610,10 @@ copy_file (char const *from, char const *to, struct stat *tost,
 
   if (S_ISLNK (mode))
     {
-      char *buffer = xmalloc (PATH_MAX + 1);
+      char *buffer = xmalloc (tost->st_size + 1);
       ssize_t r;
 
-      if ((r = safe_readlink (from, buffer, PATH_MAX)) < 0)
+      if ((r = safe_readlink (from, buffer, tost->st_size)) < 0)
 	pfatal ("Can't read %s %s", "symbolic link", from);
       buffer[r] = '\0';
       if (safe_symlink (buffer, to) != 0)
-- 
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<tr><td><span title='2021-02-22 12:07:45 +0100'>2021-02-22</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/guix-lint.sh?id=9a38bed2cf32e9462badfa43e74cdd4580e804fc'>packages: 'package-field-location' handles 'search-path' returning #f.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>Fixes &lt;https://bugs.gnu.org/46390&gt;.
Reported by zimoun &lt;zimon.toutoune@gmail.com&gt;.

This is similar to the fix in d10474c38d58bdc676e64336769dc2e00cdfa8ed.

* guix/packages.scm (package-field-location): Handle FILE not in %LOAD-PATH.
* tests/guix-lint.sh: Add test.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2020-09-28 21:06:36 -0500'>2020-09-28</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/guix-lint.sh?id=d8934360d2453a403b5433e71d09188e4ed23b57'>tests: Simplify shell exit status negation;</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* tests/guix-archive.sh, tests/guix-build-branch.sh, tests/guix-build.sh,
tests/guix-daemon.sh, tests/guix-download.sh, tests/guix-environment.sh,
tests/guix-gc.sh, tests/guix-git-authenticate.sh, tests/guix-graph.sh,
tests/guix-hash.sh, tests/guix-lint.sh, tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh,
tests/guix-pack.sh, tests/guix-package-aliases.sh, tests/guix-package-net.sh,
tests/guix-package.sh: Use the shell '!' keyword to negate command exit status
in place of 'if ...; then false; else true; fi'
</span></span></td><td>Eric Bavier</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2020-08-23 23:05:16 +0200'>2020-08-23</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/guix-lint.sh?id=d10474c38d58bdc676e64336769dc2e00cdfa8ed'>lint: formatting: Gracefully handle relative file names.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>Fixes &lt;https://bugs.gnu.org/42543&gt;.
Reported by Jack Hill &lt;jackhill@jackhill.us&gt;.

* guix/lint.scm (check-formatting): Always return a list (previously we
would return #f when 'search-path' returns #f).  Check whether
LOCATION's file is a relative file name.  Return a warning if not.
* tests/guix-lint.sh: Add test.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>