--rules-stack broken (now fixed but may still need some TLC)
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- C
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Description
Looks like we (perhaps I) broke it in the recent week. Before recent changes:
$ echo password > w
$ ./john- -w=w --rules-stack=':[lu]' -stdo
Using default input encoding: UTF-8
password
PASSWORD
2p 0:00:00:00 100.00% (2025-03-27 04:13) 40.00p/s PASSWORD
Now:
$ ./john -w=w --rules-stack=':[lu]' -stdo | head
Using default input encoding: UTF-8
Press 'q' or Ctrl-C to abort, 'h' for help, almost any other key for status
password
password
password
password
password
password
password
password
password
password
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue's ./john -w=w --rules-stack=':[lu]' -stdo command and compare its output with the expected behavior shown. The payload names no source file or test; done means determining whether the option is still broken, restoring the expected rule-stack results if needed, and verifying the command output.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- cli, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100