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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2016-02-21 12:43:51 UTC
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plugin-runner.c: Use size_t to realloc() for custom plugin args.

* plugin-runner.c (main): Cast argument to realloc() to size_t when
                          allocating additional custom plugin command
                          line arguments.

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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-08-08">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2015-12-06">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>
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        <address>
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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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          <email>belorn@recompile.se</email>
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        </address>
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      </author>
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      <author>
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        <firstname>Teddy</firstname>
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        <surname>Hogeborn</surname>
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        <address>
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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@recompile.se</email>
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        </address>
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      </author>
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    </authorgroup>
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      <year>2009</year>
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      <year>2010</year>
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      <year>2011</year>
 
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      <year>2012</year>
 
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      <year>2013</year>
 
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      <year>2014</year>
 
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      <year>2015</year>
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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      <arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--no-ipv6</option></arg>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-restore</option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--statedir
 
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--socket
 
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      <replaceable>FD</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--foreground</option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-zeroconf</option></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="ipv6"/>
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      </varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--no-restore</option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="restore"/>
 
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          <para>
 
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            See also <xref linkend="persistent_state"/>.
 
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        <term><option>--statedir
 
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="statedir"/>
 
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        <term><option>--foreground</option></term>
 
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      extended timeout, checker program, and interval between checks
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  A client successfully
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