The Bulletproof Penguin's Status

Most Recent Change: Sun Nov 28 05:54:22 1999 UTC.

The following preformatted table shows what GNU/Linux utilities I've tested so far and their status. Notes on this table:

The ``Fix/Fnd'' column shows the number of bugs I've fixed and reported to the package's maintainer (my patches are available elsewhere), followed by a slash and the number of bugs I found. Just because no bugs were found doesn't mean the application has no bugs, or even that it has no bugs that fuzz testing could potentially uncover. It only means that my standard suite of test files (over 30MB) didn't expose any bugs. If I add more test files later, I may well uncover more bugs in any of these applications.
Occasionally I test a file that didn't come from an RPM; such files have a parenthesized version number instead of an RPM name.
The ``Status'' column shows one of three states:
1. ``Y'' means the maintainer has confirmed that a fix has already appeared or will appear in a future release -- either the patch I sent or some equivalent. (I take replies like ``Thanks!'' to be such an indication.)
2. ``N'' means that I reported one or more bugs but the maintainer hasn't (yet) replied to my mail.
3. ``.'' means ``neither of the above,'' generally because I found no bugs or because I haven't reported the bug(s) yet.
The ``Notes'' column is mainly cryptic junk meant for my own use. :-)

Program		RPM or (version)	Fix/Fnd	Status	Notes
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ar		binutils-2.8.1.0.1-1	0/0	.	COPY=infile.a
as (gas)	binutils-2.8.1.0.1-1	1/1	Y
as86		bin86-0.4-3		0/1	.	Hang?  COPY=infile.s
asciitopgm	libgr-progs-2.0.13-4	1/1	N	COPY=infile args='40 40'
autoconf	autoconf-2.12-3		0/0	.	COPY=configure.in
bc		bc-1.05a-1		0/0	.
bison		bison-1.25-3		3/3	Y
bmptoppm	libgr-progs-2.0.13-4	0/0	.
brushtopbm	libgr-progs-2.0.13-4	0/0	.
c++filt		binutils-2.9.1.0.15-1	0/0	.
cat		textutils-1.22-4	0/0	.	No surprises there!
cdecl		cdecl-2.5-7		0/0	.
cjpeg		libjpeg-6a-1		0/0	.
cksum		textutils-1.22-4	0/0	.
cmp		diffutils-2.7-8		0/0	.
col		util-linux-2.7-11	0/0	.
colcrt		util-linux-2.7-11	0/0	.
colrm		util-linux-2.7-11	0/0	.
column		util-linux-2.7-11	0/0	.
combine		ImageMagick-3.9.1-1	0/0	.	COPY=xxx args='xxx xxx'
comm		textutils-1.22-4	0/0	.
compress	ncompress-4.2.4-9	0/0	.
convert		ImageMagick-3.9.1-1	0/0	.	COPY=xxx.gif args='xxx.gif xxx.jpg'
convertrgb	gnome-libs-0.30.1-1	0/0	.	COPY=xxx
cpio		cpio-2.4.2-6		0/1	.	SEGV is glibc malloc()'s fault.
cproto		cproto-4.4-7		2/3	N	SEGVs and hangs.
csplit		textutils-1.22-4	0/0	.
ctags		ctags-2.0.3-2		0/0	.	COPY=xxx
cut		textutils-1.22-7	0/0	.	-b1-,-c1-,-f1-
date		sh-utils-1.16-8		0/0	.	No surprises there!
dc		bc-1.04-2		1/1	Y
dc		bc-1.05a-1		0/1	.	Hang on default/test.8?
djpeg		libjpeg-6a-1		0/0	.
dvicopy		tetex-0.9-6		0/0	.	COPY=xxx.dvi args='deleteme.dvi'
dvips		tetex-dvips-0.9-6	0/0	.	COPY=xxx.dvi args='-o /dev/null'
dvired		tetex-0.9-6		0/0	.	COPY=xxx.dvi args='-o /dev/null'
dvitype		tetex-0.9-6		0/0	.	COPY=xxx.dvi
egrep		grep-2.1-1		0/0	.	args='foo' && args='.\*'
eqn		groff-1.11a-6		0/0	.
etags		emacs-20.3-3		0/0	.	COPY=xxx
expand		textutils-1.22-7	0/0	.
factor		sh-utils-1.16-14	0/0	.
fax2ps		libtiff-3.4-4		0/0	.
fax2tiff	libtiff-3.4-4		0/0	.	COPY=xxx.g2 args='-o deleteme.tif'
fgrep		grep-2.1-1		0/0	.	args='foo' && args='.\*'
file		file-3.25-2		0/0	.	COPY=xxx
fitstopnm	libgr-progs-2.0.13-13	0/0	.
flex		flex-2.5.4a-2		1/1	N
fmt		textutils-1.22-7	0/0	.
fold		textutils-1.22-7	0/0	.
frm		elm-2.4.25-14		0/0	.	COPY=xxx
fstopgm		libgr-progs-2.0.13-13	0/0	.
funzip		unzip-5.31-3		0/0	.
g32pbm		mgetty-sendfax-1.1.14-5	0/0	.
g3cat		mgetty-sendfax-1.1.14-5	0/0	.	args='-'
g3topbm		mgetty-sendfax-1.1.14-5	0/0	.	args='-kludge' (& no args)
game		gnuchess-4.0.pl77-5	2/2	N	COPY=xxx
gasp		binutils-2.9.1.0.15-1	0/0	.	COPY=xxx
gcc		gcc-2.7.2.3-9		0/0	.	COPY=infile.c
gcov		egcs-1.0.3a-14		?/?	.	Dumps core deliberately on detecting erroneous input; no inadvertent core dumps.
gctags		emacs-20.3-3		0/0	.
gemtopbm	libgr-progs-2.0.13-13	0/0	.
gencat		glibc-2.0.7-29		0/0	.
gftopk		tetex-0.9-6		0/0	.	COPY=xxx
gftype		tetex-0.9-6		0/0	.	COPY=xxx
gif2tiff	libtiff-3.4-4		0/0	.	COPY=xxx.gif
giftopnm	libgr-progs-2.0.13-13	0/0	.
gnuplot		gnuplot-3.6-beta347	0/0	.
gouldtoppm	libgr-progs-2.0.13-13	0/0	.
gperf		gperf-2.7-2		0/0	.
gpic		groff-1.11a-6		0/0	.
gprof		binutils-2.9.1.0.15-1	0/0	.	COPY=xxx
grefer		groff-1.11a-6		0/0	.
grep		grep-2.1-1		0/0	.	args='foo' && args='.\*'
grodvi		groff-1.11a-6		0/0	.
groff		groff-1.11a-6		0/0	.
grog		groff-1.11a-6		0/0	.
grotty		groff-1.11a-6		0/0	.
gs		n/a  (g.s 5.01)		0/0	.
gsoelim		groff-1.11a-6		0/0	.
gtbl		groff-1.11a-6		0/0	.
gtroff		groff-1.11a-6		0/0	.
guavac		guavac-1.2-2		0/0	.	COPY=xxx.java
guavad		guavac-1.2-2		0/0	.	COPY=xxx.class
guile		guile-1.2-6		0/0	.	COPY=xxx && args='-s'
gunzip		gzip-1.2.4-9		0/0	.
gzcat		gzip-1.2.4-9		0/0	.
gzip		gzip-1.2.4-9		0/0	.
h2ph		perl-5.004-1		0/0	.
h2xs		perl-5.004-1		0/0	.
head		textutils-1.22-7	0/0	.
hexbin		macutils-2.0b3-9	0/0	.
hexdump		util-linux-2.8-11	0/0	.
hipstopgm	libgr-progs-2.0.13-13	0/0	.
indent		(2.0)			0/0	Y	Tested pre-release copy.
make		make-3.76.1-5		0/0	.	COPY=xxx && args ='-f'
md5sum		textutils-1.22-7	0/0	.
metamail	metamail-2.7-18		0/0	.
mft		tetex-0.9-6		0/0	.
mgrtopbm	libgr-progs-2.0.13-13	0/0	.
mimencode	metamail-2.7-18		0/0	.
more		util-linux-2.7-11	0/0	.
mpg123		
mpost		tetex-0.9-6		0/0	.
mpto		tetex-0.9-6		0/0	.	COPY=DELETEME && args='' && args='-tex' && args='-troff'
msgcomm		gettext-0.10.35-3	0/0	.	COPY=xxx.po && args='xxx.po'
msgcmp		gettext-0.10.35-3	0/0	.	COPY=xxx.po && args='xxx.po'
msgfmt		gettext-0.10.35-3	0/0	.	COPY=xxx.po && args='xxx.po'
msgmerge	gettext-0.10.35-3	0/0	.	COPY=xxx.po && args='xxx.po xxx.po'
msgunfmt	gettext-0.10.35-3	0/0	.
mtvtoppm	libgr-progs-2.0.13-13	0/0	.
nl              textutils-1.22-7        0/0     .       
nm              binutils-2.9.1.0.15-1   0/0     .       
nroff           groff-1.11a-6           0/0     .       
nsgmls          sgml-tools-1.0.7-1      0/0     .       
objcopy         binutils-2.9.1.0.15-1   0/0     .       
objdump         binutils-2.9.1.0.15-1   0/0     .       COPY='xxx' && args='--disassemble xxx'
od              textutils-1.22-7        0/0     .       
od              textutils-1.22-7        0/0     .       args='-x'
omega           tetex-0.9-6             0/0     .       
pal2rgb         libtiff-3.4-4           0/0     .       COPY='xxx' && args='xxx /dev/null'
paste           textutils-1.22-7        0/0     .       COPY='xxx' && args='xxx'
pbm2g3          mgetty-sendfax-1.1.14-5 0/0     .       
pbmclean        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   1/1     N       
pbmclean        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       COPY='xxx' && args='xxx'
pbmlife         libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmmake         libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmmask         libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmpscale       libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmreduce       libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtext         libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   1/1     N       
pbmto10x        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmto4425       libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtoascii      libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtoatk        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtobbnbg      libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtocmuwm      libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtoepsi       libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtoepson      libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtog3         libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtogem        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtogo         libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtoicon       libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtolj         libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtoln03       libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtolps        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtomacp       libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtomgr        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtopgm        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtopi3        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtopk         libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtoplot       libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtoptx        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtox10bm      libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtoxbm        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtoybm        libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmtozinc       libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
pbmupc          libgr-progs-2.0.13-13   0/0     .       
rpm2cpio	rpm-2.4.10-1glibc	0/0	.
sed		sed-2.05-9		0/0	.
sort		textutils-1.22-4	0/0	.
sum		textutils-1.22-4	0/0	.
troff		groff-1.11a-6		0/0	.
ul		util-linux-2.7-11	1/1	Y

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