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Mention a bug in lpd that causes a core dump if a request is made for

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a file format where no filter is assigned.

Pointed out by: Richard_Pontefract@vos.stratus.com
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@ -247,3 +247,13 @@ but not under same administrative control.
An
.Nm
daemon appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
.Sh BUGS
.Nm Lpd
tends to dump core if a request specifies a file format where no filter
is assigned. This may be particular annoying if somebody is not aware
of the file format specification, such as for a DOS client that always
specifies the
.Em v
format. The workaround is to assign a dummy filter for these file
formats, e. g. a
.Xr cat 1 .