lix/doc/manual/rl-next/drv-string-parse-hang.md

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synopsis: Fix handling of truncated `.drv` files.
prs: 9673
category: Fixes
credits: horrors
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Previously a `.drv` that was truncated in the middle of a string would case nix to enter an infinite loop, eventually exhausting all memory and crashing.
Merge pull request #9673 from pennae/drv-parse-opts optimize derivation parsing (cherry picked from commit 3511430902941f0f26dc71313a54bb5096f57305) Change-Id: I00f76dcd464a5811944613731501af504b6e8c29 2024-03-04 06:36:51 +00:00			`---`
			synopsis: Fix handling of truncated `.drv` files.
			`prs: 9673`
doc: add release note credits and categories for all the changes in Lix This does not add missing release notes, and it doesn't do anything about the profiles feature we would really like to have so we can have consistent credit. Change-Id: I72a6f7acfcff85f380be17dac76501a6f4693776 2024-05-15 02:14:58 +00:00			`category: Fixes`
			`credits: horrors`
Merge pull request #9673 from pennae/drv-parse-opts optimize derivation parsing (cherry picked from commit 3511430902941f0f26dc71313a54bb5096f57305) Change-Id: I00f76dcd464a5811944613731501af504b6e8c29 2024-03-04 06:36:51 +00:00			`---`

			Previously a `.drv` that was truncated in the middle of a string would case nix to enter an infinite loop, eventually exhausting all memory and crashing.