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From: Sven C. Koehler (schweenSNAFU.DE)
Date: Tue Apr 17 2001 - 06:58:17 CDT

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    On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 04:48:06PM -0400, Robert Sink wrote:
    > I've tried:
    >
    > TZ=`/usr/local/bin/perl -e 'print "A"x1107'`
    >
    > ...on... both 64 bit Solaris 8 and Solaris 7 (we have no 32 bit
    > machines here) and cannot get the programs to crash. They just
    > happily display the A's, plus the other information and exit normally.
    >
    > Solaris 7: SunOS xxx 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u sparc
    > Solaris 8: SunOS xxx 5.8 Generic_108528-05 sun4u sparc
    >

    It worked on my 32 bit Solaris 7 only when I made the TZ variable larger.

    $ TZ=`perl -e 'print "A" x 10000'`
    $ ipcs
    Segmentation Fault

    SunOS blue 5.7 Generic_106541-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-Engine