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checkmp3 package

checkmp3 sometimes just exits when called in verbose mode "-v"

Bug #500026 reported by KPMueller
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: checkmp3

Ubuntu 9.04 amd64
checkmp3 (1.98-7)
Sometimes when I call checkmp3 in verbose mode "checkmp3 -v",
the program just exits, printing only:

GOOD_FRAMES 0
BAD_FRAMES 0
LAST_BYTE_CHECKED 0
USER_TIME 0.00s
SYS_TIME 0.00s

The funny thing about this behaviour is that it does not depend on
a certain mp3 file.
I can just issue the same command again and receive a different
(meaning: the expected) result the next time.
If I want to use "checkmp3 -v" in a shell script I have to wrap it in a loop that
retries the call until I get the desired result.

Variable $? contains "0" after such a failed call.

Related branches

lp:debian/checkmp3
Revision history for this message
KPMueller (grinsekatz5) wrote :

accessing uninitialized variable "flag_options->byte_limit"

in mp3_check.c on approx. line 204
 "flags.bflag = TRUE";
bflag is implicitly set, but flag_options->byte_limit remains uninitialized

this may cause random premature exits
in mp3_check_misc.c on approx. line 82
 if (flags->bflag && (file_info.byte_count > flag_options->byte_limit))

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package checkmp3 - 1.98-10

---------------
checkmp3 (1.98-10) unstable; urgency=low

  * Correct misreported track duration with sampling rates other than
    44.1 kHz. Fix courtesy KPMueller. (LP: #500024)
  * When -b does not have a specified value, default to 1 MiB. This
    prevents the use of uninitialized memory, which in turn had led to
    premature termination. (LP: #500026)
  * Switch to source format 3.0.
  * Update to policy 3.9.2.
    - Add build-arch/build-indep targets to debian/rules.
  * Add Homepage field.
 -- Ubuntu Archive Auto-Sync <email address hidden> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:11:51 +0000

Changed in checkmp3 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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