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Re: info hangs in string_in_line on malformed input file


From: Gavin Smith
Subject: Re: info hangs in string_in_line on malformed input file
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 13:03:59 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28)

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 03:27:15PM -0400, Nathaniel Beaver wrote:
> Steps to reproduce:
> 
> info -f ./bug.info.gz
> 
> 
> Expected behavior:
> 
> info exits with an error such as "Cannot find node 'Top'".
> 
> 
> Actual behavior:
> 
> info stuck in an infinite loop
> 
> 
> Discussion:
> 
> The malformed input file bug.info.gz has a section separator and newline
> after "Node:", like this:
> 
> File: example.info,  Node:^_
> 
> This appears to make info unable to find the node name.

Thanks for the report.  I've fixed it in commit 63711e8c6.



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