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libtext-wrapi18n-perl package

Endless loop when wrapping unbreakable words

Bug #34182 reported by Andrew Pam
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libtext-wrapi18n-perl (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
libtext-wrapi18n-perl (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Executing the following perl code will enter an endless loop:

perl -MText::WrapI18N -e'print wrap("", " ", " Thisisaverylongwordthatcannotbewrappedbecauseitcontainsnospacesandthuscausesanendlessloop");'

The bug does not occur when using Text::Wrap instead. To cause the bug, both the second parameter and the string to be wrapped must start with a space. The string to be wrapped must contain at least one word longer than the wrap length (defaults to 72 characters).

Simon Law (sfllaw)
Changed in libtext-wrapi18n-perl:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

This appears to be another instance of the linked Debian bug; at any rate, the same patch fixes it.

Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

(That said, I don't really know the code so am not currently sure enough of myself to apply the patch ...)

Changed in libtext-wrapi18n-perl:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in libtext-wrapi18n-perl (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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