[perl #112478] use asking for very large module version number raises panic: snprintf buffer overflow

On Mon Apr 16 19:11:28 2012, perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org wrote:
> * Father Chrysostomos via RT <perlbug-followup@perl.org> [2012-04-
> 16T21:39:47]
> > On Mon Apr 16 18:22:11 2012, sprout wrote:
> > > Commit ad63d80fcd28c3 seems to have caused the first regression.
> It
> > > apparently stops any error from being reported at all.
> >
> > And commit c8a14fb6c15f introduced the panic.
> >
> > Since this is a regression from 5.8 (and I was really hoping to get
> rid
> > of all of those!), and since the fix is simple (I’ll probably have
> it
> > done tonight), can this be fixed for 5.16?
> 
> I hope so.
> 

It’s in, as commit 78e230a.

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Father Chrysostomos


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• [perl #112478] use asking for very large module version number raises panic: snprintf buffer overflow by Father Chrysostomos via RT
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