BSD fix missed for 22 years, and all util-linux releases so far. Backported-from: https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo/commit/2a15260a2a3230e02f57c096fb4c5e1f797bf4f3 Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/422 Reported-by: Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> --- text-utils/col.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/text-utils/col.c b/text-utils/col.c index b236b891f..bac48e7e3 100644 --- a/text-utils/col.c +++ b/text-utils/col.c @@ -391,6 +391,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) /* goto the last line that had a character on it */ for (; l->l_next; l = l->l_next) this_line++; + if (max_line == 0) + return EXIT_SUCCESS; /* no lines, so just exit */ flush_lines(this_line - nflushd_lines + extra_lines + 1); /* make sure we leave things in a sane state */ -- 2.12.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html