Re: Bug in mush 7.2.2

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From: Robert Berlinger
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 22:05

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A followup to my previous post...

I perused the code in init.c a bit more and apparently realname is an
automatic variable that is not initialized, and if you follow the logic
through you'll find that it's possible to reach the

	if(realname && *realname)

tests before the variable is set.  This is sure to be bogus if realname
doesn't happen to pick up a 0 (NULL) value off the stack (a likely
possibility).

I suggest that the code initialize realname to NULL by the
declaration.  This is in addition to the problem mentioned in my
previous post.

Enjoy.
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Subject: Re: Bug in mush 7.2.2
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