Newsgroups: news.software.b
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: C-news expire dumps core
Message-ID: <1990Jul5.180759.3755@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1990Jul4.212921.26279@daimi.dk>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 90 18:07:59 GMT

In article <1990Jul4.212921.26279@daimi.dk> datpete@daimi.dk writes:
>Due to a major system-crash some control files were damaged...
>... I realized that the dbz-files were corrupted
>and did a mkdbm which solved the problem.
>
>My question is: In most other cases the various C-news programs is rather
>verbose and mails all potential problems to me. So shouldn't it be able to
>realize that the dbz-files are corrupted, and tell me that...

I would have expected it to do so, in fact.  Normally it is quite picky
about the format of the files.  I would appreciate more details, if you
have any.  (In particular, knowing precisely which function dumped core
would be helpful.)
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