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From: Ralf Baechle DL5RB <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: BUGs into libax25
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:49:38 +0100
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To: Bernard Pidoux <bernard.pidoux@upmc.fr>
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On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 12:26:19AM +0200, Bernard Pidoux wrote:

> I found a number of BUGs into libax25 that may affect nearly ALL AX25 
> applications for it is in ax25_aton_entry() function that is used to 
> translate a callsign into AX25 format.
> Programs like kissattach, listen, ax25ipd, FPAC, xfbbd are concerned.
>
> The code would return an error with 6 letters callsigns.
>
>
> The second set of errors is in /proc/ax25/ timers format description.
> since timers are now in millisec, they require a larger storage size.
> This results in using unsigned long integers rather than unsigned short 
> integers.
>
> Ax25-tools and ax25-apps must be recompiled after recompilation and 
> installation of this new libax25 version.
> FPAC and LinuxFBB also.

I guess that means we need to introduce symbol versions like glibc and a
few others.  Oh pleassure, oh fun.

  Ralf