1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index 20138075c..3d9f2b373 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int cut_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         /* growable array holding a series of lists */
         struct cut_list *cut_list = NULL;
         unsigned nlists = 0;    /* number of elements in above list */
-        char *sopt, *ltok;
+        char *LIST, *ltok;
         const char *delim = NULL;
         const char *odelim = NULL;
         unsigned opt;
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ int cut_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         "\0" "b:c:f:" IF_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX("F:") /* one of -bcfF is required */
                         "b--"ARG":c--"ARG":f--"ARG IF_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX(":F--"ARG), /* they are mutually exclusive */
                 IF_LONG_OPTS(cut_longopts,)
-                        &sopt, &sopt, &sopt, &delim, &odelim IF_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX(, &sopt)
+                        &LIST, &LIST, &LIST, &delim, &odelim IF_FEATURE_CUT_REGEX(, &LIST)
                 );
         if (!odelim)
                 odelim = (opt & OPT_REGEX) ? " " : delim;
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ int cut_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         argv += optind;
         //if (!(opt & (OPT_BYTE | OPT_CHAR | OPT_FIELDS | OPT_REGEX)))
         //      bb_simple_error_msg_and_die("expected a list of bytes, characters, or fields");
-        // ^^^ handled by getopt32
+        //^^^ handled by getopt32
 
         /* non-field (char or byte) cutting has some special handling */
         if (!(opt & (OPT_FIELDS|OPT_REGEX))) {
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ int cut_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
          * more than one range can be separated by commas
          */
         /* take apart the ranges, one by one (separated with commas) */
-        while ((ltok = strsep(&sopt, ",")) != NULL) {
+        while ((ltok = strsep(&LIST, ",")) != NULL) {
                 char *ntok;
                 int s, e;
 
@@ -382,17 +382,20 @@ int cut_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 if (s < 0 || e < s)
                         bb_error_msg_and_die("invalid range %s-%s", ntok, ltok ?: ntok);
 
-                /* add the new list */
+                /* add the new range */
                 cut_list = xrealloc_vector(cut_list, 4, nlists);
-                /* NB: startpos is always >= 0 */
+                /* NB: s is always >= 0 */
                 cut_list[nlists].startpos = s;
                 cut_list[nlists].endpos = e;
                 nlists++;
         }
 
         /* make sure we got some cut positions out of all that */
-        if (nlists == 0)
-                bb_simple_error_msg_and_die("missing list of positions");
+        //if (nlists == 0)
+        //      bb_simple_error_msg_and_die("missing list of positions");
+        //^^^ this is impossible since one of -bcfF is required,
+        // they populate LIST with non-empty string and when it is parsed,
+        // cut_list[] gets at least one element.
 
         /* now that the lists are parsed, we need to sort them to make life
          * easier on us when it comes time to print the chars / fields / lines