Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!iuvax!ndmath!dean From: dean@ndmath.UUCP (Dean Alvis) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: Strange Core Dumps Message-ID: <516@ndmath.UUCP> Date: 14 Dec 87 01:59:46 GMT References: <2122@crash.cts.com> <508@ndmath.UUCP> Organization: Math. Dept., Univ. of Notre Dame Lines: 18 Summary: similar problems here (correction) In article <508@ndmath.UUCP>, dean@ndmath.UUCP (Dean Alvis) writes: > In article <2122@crash.cts.com>, bblue@crash.cts.com (Bill Blue) writes: > > [...] > There have been similar problems here recently with BITNET postings to > comp.lang.modula2. We haven't had core dumps, but the articles cause their > rnews process to die (running "lastcomm rnews" shows an "X" for the > corresponding process), and aren't sent to downstream sites. Also, there are ^^^^^^ ^^^^ after checking downstream, it appears the articles *were* sent. if i remember correctly, there were no corresponding "sent" lines in /usr/lib/news/log, however. if this is correct, it suggest the problem is in broadcast() or transmit() (in ifuncs.c). dean -- dean@ndmath.UUCP Dean Alvis, Math. Dept., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN, 46556