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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: getpwuid() dumps core on *our* DECsystem 5400
Keywords: hard
Message-ID: <22092@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 2 Jun 91 03:58:59 GMT
References: <8523@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <8523@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes:
> 
> 	Here's one for the gurus in the audience.  ULTRIX Software
> Support is currently stumped.
> 
> 	Any program compiled and run on our DECsystem 5400 dumps core
> if it calls getpwuid() (or other getpw???() function).  However, the SAME
> BINARY runs fine on a DECstation 3100.
> 	If we compile the program on a DECstation 3100, it runs fine on
> either the DS3100 oir the DS5400.

Well, have you compared the object files?  Seems like it could be some kind
of unitialized variable thing or maybe both systems don't see the same object
file...

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