1 files changed, 72 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ipkg/ipkg-0.99.121/varargs.patch b/ipkg/ipkg-0.99.121/varargs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cca6b2745d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipkg/ipkg-0.99.121/varargs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+--- C.old/sprintf_alloc.c	2004-01-13 15:51:48.000000000 -0700
++++ C/sprintf_alloc.c	2004-05-20 16:47:25.240772176 -0700
+@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
+ 
+ #include "sprintf_alloc.h"
+ 
+-static int vsprintf_alloc(char **str, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
+-
+ int sprintf_alloc(char **str, const char *fmt, ...)
+ {
+     int ret;
+     va_list ap;
++    char *new_str;
++    int n, size = 100;
+ 
+     if (!str) {
+       fprintf(stderr, "Null string pointer passed to sprintf_alloc\n");
+@@ -35,29 +35,27 @@
+       fprintf(stderr, "Null fmt string passed to sprintf_alloc\n");
+       return -1;
+     }
+-    va_start(ap, fmt);
+-    ret = vsprintf_alloc(str, fmt, ap);
+-    va_end(ap);
+ 
+-    return ret;
+-}
++    /* On x86_64 systems, any strings over 100 were segfaulting.  
++       It seems that the ap needs to be reinitalized before every
++       use of the v*printf() functions. I pulled the functionality out
++       of vsprintf_alloc and combined it all here instead. 
++    */
++    
++
++    /* ripped more or less straight out of PRINTF(3) */
++
++    if ((new_str = malloc(size)) == NULL) 
++      return -1;
+ 
+-/* ripped more or less straight out of PRINTF(3) */
+-static int vsprintf_alloc(char **str, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+-{
+-    char *new_str;
+-    /* Guess we need no more than 100 bytes. */
+-    int n, size = 100;
+- 
+-    if ((new_str = malloc (size)) == NULL)
+-	return -1;
+     *str = new_str;
+-    while (1) {
+-	/* Try to print in the allocated space. */
+-	n = vsnprintf (new_str, size, fmt, ap);
+-	/* If that worked, return the size. */
+-	if (n > -1 && n < size)
+-	    return n;
++    while(1) {
++      va_start(ap, fmt);
++      n = vsnprintf (new_str, size, fmt, ap);
++      va_end(ap);
++      /* If that worked, return the size. */
++      if (n > -1 && n < size)
++	return n;
+ 	/* Else try again with more space. */
+ 	if (n > -1)    /* glibc 2.1 */
+ 	    size = n+1; /* precisely what is needed */
+@@ -71,4 +69,6 @@
+ 	}
+ 	*str = new_str;
+     }
++
++    return -1; /* Just to be correct - it probably won't get here */
+ }