# HG changeset patch
# User dbateman
# Date 1188607759 0
# Node ID b39ecdddd77b81de0133180981db120bdb7ecf62
# Parent  a052825889a075a955399922283f9847c211f494
[project @ 2007-09-01 00:49:18 by dbateman]

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2007-08-31  Michael Goffioul <michael.goffioul@gmail.com>
 
+	* ls-mat-ascii.cc (get_lines_and_columns): Check beg variable for
+	NPOS to avoid segmentation fault. 
+
 	* load-path.cc (load_path::do_find_file): Do not assume paths
 	use forward slashes.
 
diff --git a/src/ls-mat-ascii.cc b/src/ls-mat-ascii.cc
--- a/src/ls-mat-ascii.cc
+++ b/src/ls-mat-ascii.cc
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@
 	    {
 	      beg = buf.find_first_not_of (", \t", end);
 
-	      if (buf[beg] == '\r' && beg == buf.length () - 1)
+	      if (beg == NPOS || (buf[beg] == '\r' && 
+				  beg == buf.length () - 1))
 		{
 		  // We had a line with trailing spaces and
 		  // ending with a CRLF, so this should look like EOL,