ptx bug

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From: ucsfcgltef
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1980 02:02

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There is a bug in the distributed version of ptx (permuted index)
which may cause the program to hang unexpectedly.  The code is a bit
"unusual" as it is, but if an execl to the sort(1) program fails
ptx falls through a switch case statement and a child process ends up
up waiting for itself to exit (forever).  The fix is left to the
interested hacker.

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From: ucsfcgl!tef
Newsgroups: NET.v7bugs
Subject: ptx bug
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1980 02:02:46 +0000
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