Re: [perl #24501] h2ph dies on >64-bit integers

Andrew Church (via RT) <perlbug-followup@perl.org> writes:

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> h2ph causes an integer overflow error and dies when used on an include file
> containing a hexadecimal constant wider than 64 bits.  Such a constant can
> be found, for example, in bn.h (line 108) from OpenSSL 0.9.7c:
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> #define BN_MASK		(0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffLL)
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> Attempting to run this file through h2ph causes the error:
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> Integer overflow in hexadecimal number at /usr/bin/h2ph line 302, <IN> line 108.
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> The following patch serves to at least prevent this error from causing h2ph
> to abort.  I'm not sure what the proper behavior should be, so I'll leave
> that to those who do.
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It's just a warning, not an error. And it does not die on my system.

Regards,
        Slaven

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• [perl #24501] h2ph dies on >64-bit integers by Andrew Church
• Re: [perl #24501] h2ph dies on >64-bit integers by Slaven Rezic