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    Problem Report Number 2748
    Submitter's Classification Minor System Fault
    State Resolved
    Resolution Minor System Fault (MSF)
    Problem Resolution ID MSF.X.0131
    Raised 2023-07-14 05:40
    Updated 2023-07-14 09:09
    Published 2023-07-14 09:09
    Expiry Date 2024-07-14
    Product Standard Commands and Utilities V4 (UNIX 03)
    Certification Program The Open Brand certification program
    Test Suite VSC version 5.3.22NW
    Test Identification /tset/POSIX.cmd/xargs/xargs.ex{8}
    Specification Shell and Utilities Issue 6
    Location in Spec https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/xargs.html
    Problem Summary The xargs utility with "-n number" with a huge positive number fails to get the output as expected
    with all arguments echoed on one line
    Problem Text When a very large value is provided for -n, the calculation for the amount of memory to preallocate
    overflows and xargs attempts to allocate nearly the entire address space, which invariably fails.
    Test Output 400|129 8 1 21:11:41|IC Start
    520|129 8 52175 1 1|Assertion #8 (A): Number range -2147483647 to 2147483647
    520|129 8 52175 2 1|Results file does not match expected results file.
    520|129 8 52175 2 1|*ERROR - Unexpected results for xargs -n2
    220|129 8 1 21:11:41|FAIL
    410|129 8 1 21:11:41|IC End

    Review Information

    Review Type SA Review
    Start Date 2023-07-14 05:40
    Last Updated 2023-07-14 09:09
    Completed 2023-07-14 09:09
    Status Complete
    Review Resolution Minor System Fault (MSF)
    Review Conclusion A minor system fault is granted

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