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| -rw-r--r-- | bbot/worker.cxx | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual.cli | 2 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bbot/worker.cxx b/bbot/worker.cxx index a0e2ad7..81d9a50 100644 --- a/bbot/worker.cxx +++ b/bbot/worker.cxx @@ -116,7 +116,13 @@ run_bpkg (tracer& t, { for (const auto& re: warn_detect) { - if (regex_search (l, re)) + // Only examine the first 512 bytes. Long lines (e.g., linker + // command lines) could trigger implementation-specific limitations + // (like stack overflow). Plus, it is a performance concern. + // + if (regex_search (l.begin (), + l.size () < 512 ? l.end () : l.begin () + 512, + re)) { r = result_status::warning; break; diff --git a/doc/manual.cli b/doc/manual.cli index 8e0d745..d196b30 100644 --- a/doc/manual.cli +++ b/doc/manual.cli @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ build configuration to use for building the package. \li|\n\c{warning-regex: <warning-regexes>}\n Additional regular expressions that should be used to detect warnings in - the logs. + the logs. Note that only the first 512 bytes of each log line is considered. A single level of quotes (either single or double) is removed in each expression before being used for search. For example, the following value: |