[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#427436: libxml2: Error with n empty file

[Mike Hommey]

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 02:15:44AM +0100, Luis Matos wrote:
> Package: libxml2
> Version: 2.6.27.dfsg-1
> Severity: important
> 
> *** Please type your report below this line ***
> Opening an empty file makes libxml exit with segfault:
> 
> vapiIOconf.vpi:1: parser error : Extra content at the end of the
> document
> 
> ^
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> Program has been terminated receiving signal 11 (Segmentation fault)
> 
> to test, just touch a file and then try to open it:
> 
> first: touch test.xml
> 
> then compile the code presented with:  gcc file.c -o xmlTest `pkg-config
> --libs --cflags libxml-2.0`
> 
> then execute with ./xmlTest
> 
> #include <libxml/xmlreader.h>
> int
> main()
> {
>         xmlTextReader *xmlInput;
>         xmlInput = xmlReaderForFile ("test.xml", "ISO-8859-1",
> XML_PARSE_DTDATTR |
>                                      XML_PARSE_NOENT |
>                                      XML_PARSE_DTDVALID);
> 
>         return 0;
> }

Sorry for the very late answer, somehow I missed this bug.

I haven't been able to reproduce this bug with the version of libxml2
you reported the bug against. Does it still happen for you?

Cheers,

Mike