mc-4.6.0-pre3 (and earlier) bug?

[Björn Eriksson]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:38:54PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> > I just noticed mc is creating Segmentation fault under Linux with xterm
> > wider than 261x24. Is this a compile-time limitation or bug?
> >
> > mc just manages to print 'Hint of the day' before dumping core.
> 
> It's a serious bug in the S-Lang library.  Function send_attr_str
> overwrites the stack and then crashes:

 Someone thought 256 will be enough for everyone. Someone was wrong :)

   #if !defined(__MSDOS_16BIT__)
   # define MAX_SCREEN_SIZE 256
   #else
   # define MAX_SCREEN_SIZE 75
   #endif

   Screen_Type SL_Screen[MAX_SCREEN_SIZE];

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