On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 03:51:17PM -0800, Stas Bekman wrote: > Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > [...] > >>All the items that are asked for in the bug report are potentially > >>important, so try to include as much as possible. A well written bug > >>report that includes all info asked for generally gets answered very > >>quickly on this list. I'll admit that it requires some work on your > >>part, but the payoff is generally worth... > > > > > > Yeah, and the half million LOC in apache, and the million LOC in the > > CPAN stuff, and the 100kLOC in WebGUI. I'm swimmin, here, guys... :-) > > We don't ask you to read code, Jay, but (hopefully) simple instructions to follow.
Yep. You ask me, and the webgui people ask me, and the apache people ask me... It's a *big* elephant, man. > Getting the core file and the back trace becomes something of a routine when > you are into installing and running software (especially the bleading edge > one). So the earlier you learn how to do it, the better for you. Too bad > people now don't have an excuse of not having the docs on how to get the > backtrace ;) Indeed. I just have to figure out where the build lives; I've done *so many* things in 5 days, I don't even remember whether I built mod_perl or cpan did, and if it did, I'm not sure where. I can only learn so fast... > Though if you have money to spend and don't wish to spend your time on this > issue, I'm sure that someone will be more than glad to do the research work > for you and even solve the problem. If I had money, I'd've paid PlainBlack a grand to do the setup. :-} > The only other way of not needing to send the backtrace here, is to give us a > short test script that we can reproduce the problem with. > > > I'll try to get it to dump core. As soon as I remember where to go to > > recompile modperl. Thank ghod I script(1)ed the whole build. > > It's not a trivial stuff. So if you get the trace, give yourself > a raise and buy some nice indulging food ;) Try not to get too > frustrated if it takes time to wrap your head around it. My thoughts *exactly*. :-) Just had the nice indulgent food; trying to stay *awake*. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 Come see Linux Gazette in our new home: www.linuxgazette.net! -- Reporting bugs: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html
