From: Igal Koshevoy <igal@...>
Date: 2008-06-24T22:56:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.9.0/1.8.7/1.8.6/1.8.5 new releases (Security Fix)

Phil Ross wrote:
> It would appear that there are (at least) two separate areas where
> segmentation faults are being raised. Revision 17530 fixes segmentation
> faults with string concatenation that was causing my Rails applications
> to crash:
> 
> http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157250
> 
> I guess that the root cause must be revision 17222 in the ruby_1_8_6
> branch that the smartleaf patch reverts.
Ah, thanks for the update.

So before we discard the 17222 patch too casually ... can anyone explain 
what Matz was trying to do there? He clearly went through a fair amount 
of effort to try to copy those crefs, but why? And does anything else 
depend on that change?

-igal
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