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From: mike@permediaresearch.com To: gnats-gnats@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: gnats/12: file-pr gets SIGSEGV if no "gnats-admin" in responsible file Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:14:00 -0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <19991012160438.19480.qmail@sourceware.cygnus.com> (raw) >Number: 12 >Category: gnats >Synopsis: file-pr gets SIGSEGV if no "gnats-admin" in responsible file >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: unassigned >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: net >Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 12 09:14:00 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: mike@permediaresearch.com >Release: gnats-3.112.1 >Organization: >Environment: Linux 2.2.5-15 i586 unknown >Description: With the entry "gnats-admin: GNATS administrator" (no email) in the responsible file, file-pr gets a SIGSEGV while parsing the file. This is a poor error message. It makes debugging the initial installation tricky. >How-To-Repeat: Remove the email address (and colon?) from the aforementioned line. >Fix: (0) RTM and put an email address in the right place but also (1) Check the return on the parse routine for "responsible" and issue a warning or something if the administrator has failed to configure the file correctly? >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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