1Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [1]
2
3[1] Not the author, the patch is from:
4http://vault.centos.org/5.8/os/SRPMS/rdist-6.1.5-44.src.rpm
5
6--- rdist-6.1.5/src/message.c.thestokes	2006-04-19 17:30:39.000000000 -0400
7+++ rdist-6.1.5/src/message.c	2006-04-19 17:36:37.000000000 -0400
8@@ -793,15 +793,20 @@
9 	char *msg;
10 {
11 	static char buf[MSGBUFSIZ];
12-
13-	++nerrs;
14-
15-	if (isserver)
16-		(void) sprintf(buf, "REMOTE ERROR: %s", msg);
17-	else
18-		(void) sprintf(buf, "LOCAL ERROR: %s", msg);
19-
20-	_message(MT_FERROR, buf);
21+	/* Don't reenter this function. There is a nasty infinite recursion
22+	   case that pops up when msgsndnotify tries to exit. */
23+	static int inside=0;
24+
25+	if(inside==0){
26+	        ++nerrs;
27+		inside=1;
28+
29+	        if (isserver)
30+		        (void) sprintf(buf, "REMOTE ERROR: %s", msg);
31+	        else
32+		        (void) sprintf(buf, "LOCAL ERROR: %s", msg);
33+		_message(MT_FERROR, buf);
34+	}
35
36 	exit(nerrs);
37 }
38