On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 11:35, Jesse Erlbaum wrote: > Hi Michael -- > > > Please send me (not the list!) a stack trace from the core dump. > > > I think I may have fixed the problem. The solution was one or both of > two things: > > 1. Recompiled Perl. Using the suggestion on your FAQ > (http://www.mbay.net/~mpeppler/linux.html#q1.4), I compiled as follows: > > # rm -f config.sh Policy.sh \ > && sh Configure -ders -Dlibs="-lnsl -lgdbm -ldl -lm -lc > -lcrypt" \ > && make \ > && make test
That is probably not the issue as the perl binaries shipped with RH since 6.x work fine. > 2. Disabled CVS keyword expansion. The compiled Sybase libraries are, > in this system, checked into a CVS repository. When added, keyword > expansion was not being explicitly disabled. I noticed that the binary > contained a $Revision:$ CVS tag. This was being updated when I checked > the files into CVS, causing the binary to be edited in-place. In my > experience, this is a pretty sure-fire was to create a segfault. Indeed. Thanks for the update. Michael -- Michael Peppler Data Migrations, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mbay.net/~mpeppler Sybase T-SQL/OpenClient/OpenServer/C/Perl developer available for short or long term contract positions - http://www.mbay.net/~mpeppler/resume.html
