dd: should terminate with error if skip argument is too large #7275 #9281
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sylvestre
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| BsOutOfRange(String), | ||
| #[error("{}", translate!("dd-error-invalid-number", "input" => .0.clone()))] | ||
| InvalidNumber(String), | ||
| #[error("invalid number: ‘{0}’: {1}")] |
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Please use the translate macro here
sylvestre
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| if skip > i64::MAX as u64 { | ||
| return Err(ParseError::InvalidNumberWithErrMsg( | ||
| format!("{skip}"), | ||
| "Value too large for defined data type".to_string(), |
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Fixes #7216
cargo run dd bs=1 skip=9223372036854775808 count=0 Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.11s Running `target/debug/coreutils dd bs=1 skip=9223372036854775808 count=0` dd: invalid number: ‘'9223372036854775808': Value too large for defined data type’Original PR: #7275