Re: [Bug: 21.4.12] core dump when Gnus tries to access non-existent nntp server.

SY> In 21.5, no problem, just hit 'y' and I'm reading mail. You're building 21.5 every day, right? SY> In 21.4.11, ditto. Not, I presume. SY> In 21.4.12, XEmacs dumps core before I see the question about SY> the non-existent server. Most recent build? SY> #1 0x408cccec in db_open () from /lib/libnss_db.so.2 Uh-oh. libdb.... SY> Additional prefixes: /usr/local/pgsql /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1 Lose, lose? Try ldd on libnss_db.so and on XEmacs see what libs resolve. SY> #5 0x40474354 in __getservbyname_r (name=0xbfffd784 "nntp", SY> proto=0x404a2ff8 "tcp", resbuf=0xbfffd60c, buffer=0xbfffd1e4 SY> "ì", buflen=1024, result=0xbfffd608) at SY> ../nss/getXXbyYY_r.c:200 ../nss !? Oh, I see, you built your own libc. Howcum not libnss? FWIW, here's the only patch to process-unix.c in 21.4.12: Index: process-unix.c =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/src/process-unix.c,v retrieving revision 1.20.2.5 retrieving revision 1.20.2.6 diff -u -r1.20.2.5 -r1.20.2.6 --- process-unix.c 31 Oct 2002 15:08:28 -0000 1.20.2.5 +++ process-unix.c 7 Jan 2003 03:57:17 -0000 1.20.2.6 ＠＠ -892,6 +892,7 ＠＠ #endif set_descriptor_non_blocking (inchannel); + set_descriptor_non_blocking (outchannel); /* Record this as an active process, with its channels. As a result, child_setup will close Emacs's side of the pipes. */ You could try reverting that and see what happens. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.