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From: farhad@CS.Stanford.EDU (Farhad Shakeri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: DUMP: SIGSEGV()  ABORTING!
Keywords: dump failing immediately.
Message-ID: <1990Oct5.001625.11355@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 5 Oct 90 00:16:25 GMT
References: <1990Oct3.171146.4158@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <1753@shodha.enet.dec.com>
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In article <1753@shodha.enet.dec.com>, alan@shodha.enet.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.) writes:
|> In article <1990Oct3.171146.4158@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, farhad@CS.Stanford.EDU (Farhad Shakeri) writes:
|> }
|> } [ Dump fails with a segmentation fault. ]
|> }
|> 
|> 	I have two questions back at you.  Are you using the
|> 	'u' flag to update /etc/dumpdates?  Does the file
|> 	/etc/dumpdates really exist?  If the answer to the
|> 	first question is yes and the second no, create one
|> 	and see if the problem goes away.
|> 
|> 	If it does PLEASE, PLEASE submit an SPR.  Bugs like
|> 	this should have disappeared ages ago.
|> 
|> }       /   Farhad Shakeri       E-Mail:                     /
|> 
|> 
|> -- 
|> Alan Rollow				alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com


dump failed in all cases with or without 'u' .

I will submit an SPR, if it helps.


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