Debian bug report logs - #1691 X config allows invalid numeric range Package: x11/xbase ; Reported by: CD Rasmussen ; 15 days old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From sme.siemens.com!cdr Mon Oct 16 14:46:46 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t4xMs-0006CRC; Mon, 16 Oct 95 14:46 PDT Received: from scr.siemens.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA29234 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 16 Oct 1995 14:46:22 -0700 Received: from cons.mountain ([129.73.58.158]) by scr.siemens.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id RAA27144 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 17:46:39 -0400 Received: from localhost by cons.mountain (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA20441; Mon, 16 Oct 95 17:46:20 EDT Message-Id: <9510162146.AA20441@cons.mountain> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: X config allows invalid numeric range Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 17:46:19 -0400 From: CD Rasmussen Package: x11/xbase Version: 3.1.2-4 Problem Description: The X configuration will allow a user to put in a nonsensical string as a numeric range. Expected behavior: The config program should do a check to ensure that numeric ranges are at least numeric ranges and within some reasonable set. This would catch most of the typos. Procedure to reproduce: Change the VertRefresh to 2--50 in the X config file. This will introduce a syntax error that causes the X server to fail. Thank you, Constantine Rasmussen 508-750-7500 x7020 cdr@sme.siemens.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to CD Rasmussen : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1691 ; Package x11/xbase . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov