[bug #28794] ps segfaults when given empty format string

[Carl Fredrik Hammar]

URL:
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                 Summary: ps segfaults when given empty format string
                 Project: The GNU Hurd
            Submitted by: hammy
            Submitted on: Tue 02 Feb 2010 06:33:41 PM CET
                Category: Hurd
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Reproducibility: Every Time
              Size (loc): None
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                  Effort: 0.00
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Details:

Calling ps with an empty format string causes it to segfault.
For instance:

  ps --format=''

It works with any of the format options: -F, --format, -o,
and --posix-format.





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