Subj : Re: Ubuntu 24.04
To   : Jay Harris
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Sun Dec 14 2025 09:58 pm

Jay Harris wrote:

JH> Moved my system from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04, the move was mostly
JH> uneventful.  Only wrinkle I encountered so far has been with gnmsgid.
JH>
JH> On Ubuntu 22.04:
JH>
JH> $ SEQDIR="/home/ubuntu/fido/seq"
JH> $ export SEQDIR
JH> $ gnmsgid
JH> 693e0026
JH>
JH>
JH> On Ubuntu 24.04:
JH>
JH> $ SEQDIR="/home/ubuntu/fido/seq"
JH> $ export SEQDIR
JH> $ gnmsgid
JH> *** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated
JH> Aborted (core dumped)
JH>
JH> $ gnmsgid -seqdir /tmp
JH> *** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated
JH> Aborted (core dumped)
JH>
JH> $ gnmsgid -seqdir /tmp/
JH> 693e043a
JH>
JH> $ SEQDIR="/home/ubuntu/fido/seq/"
JH> $ export SEQDIR
JH> $ gnmsgid
JH> 693e0470
JH>
JH>
JH> So it seems on Ubuntu 24.04 you need a trailing / when specifying seqdir
JH> either on the command line or via environment variable.

Confirmed. A fresh husky installation just for testing:

tommi@wox:~/husky$ gnmsgid -seqdir .
*** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated
Aborted (core dumped)
tommi@wox:~/husky$ gnmsgid -seqdir ./
693f15cb

'Tommi

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