# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1201030230 0
# Node ID 3257cccb9ed79a3471a8f841ba6ed0c6a3b0951a
# Parent  ca0cbc46abce4fe5dea13e0f1ca6541679aad500
[3-0-0-branch @ 2008-01-22 19:30:30 by jwe]

diff -r ca0cbc46abce -r 3257cccb9ed7 liboctave/ChangeLog
--- a/liboctave/ChangeLog	Fri Jan 18 05:47:56 2008 +0000
+++ b/liboctave/ChangeLog	Tue Jan 22 19:30:30 2008 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-01-22  Michael Goffioul <michael.goffioul@gmail.com>
+
+	* oct-time.cc (octave_base_tim::init): Validate pointer argument;
+	this fixes the "localtime(-1)" crash under Windows.
+
 2008-01-07  David Bateman  <dbateman@free.fr>
 
 	* Sparse-op-defs.h (SPARSE_ANY_ALL_OP_ROW_CODE): Don't break from
diff -r ca0cbc46abce -r 3257cccb9ed7 liboctave/oct-time.cc
--- a/liboctave/oct-time.cc	Fri Jan 18 05:47:56 2008 +0000
+++ b/liboctave/oct-time.cc	Tue Jan 22 19:30:30 2008 +0000
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@
 void
 octave_base_tm::init (void *p)
 {
+  if (! p)
+    return;
+
   struct tm *t = static_cast<struct tm*> (p);
   
   tm_sec = t->tm_sec;