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From: kent@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM (Kent Landfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: Memory fault problem with rkive...
Message-ID: <1991Mar3.131535.4934@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM>
Date: 3 Mar 91 13:15:35 GMT
References: <1991Mar3.075411.2541@coplex.uucp>
Organization: Sterling Software IMD, Bellevue, Nebraska
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In article <1991Mar3.075411.2541@coplex.uucp> dean@coplex.uucp (Dean Brooks) writes:
>
>    Well, we have been running the rkive utility for our archive for
>over a year now, and I recently installed the newest version that
>posted to comp.sources.misc recently.
>
>    Unfortunately, I have come across a VERY annoying memory fault that
>was not present in the first version.  The newest version seems like
>it is trashing memory somewhere with a spastic pointer or something.
>
>    It croaks when fed the "MDG - PATCH 1" that was posted to
>comp.sources.games in the past day or so.  Try feeding it to your
>version and see if it happens.
>
>"The Facts Please:"
>
>1)  The error is in the "article" program.  After displaying the
>        CORRECT headers for the article read in, it will dump core
>        with a memory fault.
>
>2)  Lint says everything looks PERFECT.  I mean it looks good, and
>        our lint is fairly strong.
>
>3)  When compiled with "-g" the damned problem goes away, so I havent
>        been able to find where it is occuring.  Turning off optimization
>        doesn't help.    
>
>4)  We are running SYSV.3.2 on Motorola (8864) 88100, and are using
>        the Green Hills 88000 compiler, which is a DAMNED good
>        compiler; I never have optimization problems with programs, etc.
>        Every time I have seen a program do this with our compiler,
>        it has been a spastic pointer problem...
>
>Any one else seen this?    
>
I will be out of town, leaving in ten minutes, no kidding. As soon as I
get back on Thursday I will, as General Powell said, "hunt them down
and kill 'em." :-) Sorry I can't get on it today.. Real work.. :-(

                        -Kent+
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