Re: findutils-4.3.2: core dump when run as root on Solaris 10 SPARC

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

Thanks for the patch to function drop_privs() in locate/locate.c in
the findutils-4.3.2 distribution.  I've just applied it in a test
build, and then ran "locate firefox-2.0.0.2" as an ordinary user, and
then as root; both cases succeeded, and without a core dump as root.

I'm going to reinstall this build on Solaris 10 SPARC, and we'll watch
for any further issues that might turn up.

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