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- From: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti)
- Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gopher
- Subject: Re: gopher 1.1 client dumps core erratically.
- Message-ID: <1i7i05INNlmh@nigel.msen.com>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 20:23:19 GMT
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- Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Stew Ellis (ellis@nova.gmi.edu) wrote:
- : I would really like to update to the 1.1 client from 1.03, but it rather
- : erratically dumps core on a Segmentation Fault. It may work without
- : problems for 10 times and then dump every time for the next 10.
-
- This happened to us too.
-
- Check your configuration on "alternative gopher servers", the unix
- client randomly picks one from its list of gophers when it starts.
- (Grep the sources for a random() call!) If one of the several
- choices is wrong it will dereference a null pointer and drop core.
-
-
- Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research, Msen Inc. emv@Msen.com
- Msen Inc., 628 Brooks, Ann Arbor MI 48103 +1 313 998 GLOB
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