#129996 bsdgames: hangman enters infinite loop if words in wordfile are too short

Package:
bsdgames
Source:
bsdgames
Description:
collection of classic textual unix games
Submitter:
Mark
Date:
2005-07-18 04:07:30 UTC
Severity:
normal
#129996#5
Date:
2002-01-19 18:34:38 UTC
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To:
When using a wordfile with no words longer than the minimum word length
as set at compile time in hangman.h,  hangman enters an infinite loop.

eg., with the following words:

a
b
c
d
e

saved as words, the following will loop forever:

hangman -d words

Mark Kent
#129996#8
Date:
2002-01-19 23:07:45 UTC
From:
To:
There are definitly problems with hangman's getword(), as this and the
next bug report show.

I think that function would need a rewrite to fix this.

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From: Mark <mark@otford.kent.btinternet.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 18:34:38 +0000
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#129996: bsdgames: hangman enters infinite loop if words in
    wordfile are too short
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Package: Bsdgames
Version: 2.9-3

When using a wordfile with no words longer than the minimum word length
as set at compile time in hangman.h,  hangman enters an infinite loop.

eg., with the following words:

a
b
c
d
e

saved as words, the following will loop forever:

hangman -d words

Mark Kent



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