[REBOL] TECHNICAL/PROBLEM: Bit rot?
From: joel::neely::fedex::com at: 27-Sep-2000 18:28
The copy of REBOL 2.3 my HP-UX box is now behaving badly, as shown by
the following console transcript. Any suggestions will be greatly
appreciated.
# rebol
** CRASH (Should not happen) - Error 512 during start-upMemory
fault(coredump)
# rebol -sq
REBOL/Core 2.3.0.12 22-Jun-2000
Copyright 2000 REBOL Technologies. All rights reserved.
>> q
#
Further testing showed that -s alone got the same crash, but -q alone
started up (apparently) correctly.
I can find no indication that either the executable or the startup scripts
have been damaged. fc found no differences between the normally-used copy
at /usr/local/bin and the copy as un-tarred in /usr/local/rebol (which
directory -- with a couple of data files whose names are changed for
security reasons -- is listed below).
# ll
total 2830
-rw------- 1 netscape netscape 505284 Sep 27 13:15 core
-rw-rw-rw- 1 netscape netscape 1115 Sep 25 14:01 xxxxxx.txt
-rwxr-xr-- 1 netscape netscape 5395 Jun 26 17:28 feedback.r
drwxrwxrwx 3 netscape netscape 96 Sep 14 15:00 include
-rw-rw-rw- 1 netscape netscape 1391 Sep 5 16:52 include.r
-rwxr-xr-- 1 netscape netscape 20691 Jun 26 17:28 nntp.r
-rw-r--r-- 1 netscape netscape 37788 Jun 26 17:28 notes.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 netscape netscape 4217 Jun 26 17:28 rebdoc.r
-rwxrwxrwx 1 netscape netscape 360480 Jun 26 17:28 rebol
-rwxr-xr-- 1 netscape netscape 3851 Jun 26 17:28 rebol.r
-rw-r----- 1 netscape netscape 471040 Sep 5 16:44 rebol12.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 netscape netscape 29901 Jun 26 17:28 setup.html
-rw-rw-rw- 1 netscape netscape 178 Sep 25 13:58 user.r
#
Immediately after doing the above, I continued with
# mkdir safecopy
# cp rebol12.tar safecopy/rebol12.tar
# cd safecopy
# ls
rebol12.tar
# tar -xvf rebol12.tar
x feedback.r, 5395 bytes, 11 tape blocks
x nntp.r, 20691 bytes, 41 tape blocks
x notes.html, 37788 bytes, 74 tape blocks
x rebdoc.r, 4217 bytes, 9 tape blocks
x rebol, 360480 bytes, 705 tape blocks
x rebol.r, 3851 bytes, 8 tape blocks
x setup.html, 29901 bytes, 59 tape blocks
# ls
feedback.r notes.html rebol rebol12.tar
nntp.r rebdoc.r rebol.r setup.html
# ll
total 1832
-rwxr-xr-- 1 netscape netscape 5395 Jun 26 17:28 feedback.r
-rwxr-xr-- 1 netscape netscape 20691 Jun 26 17:28 nntp.r
-rw-r--r-- 1 netscape netscape 37788 Jun 26 17:28 notes.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 netscape netscape 4217 Jun 26 17:28 rebdoc.r
-rwxrwxrwx 1 netscape netscape 360480 Jun 26 17:28 rebol
-rwxr-xr-- 1 netscape netscape 3851 Jun 26 17:28 rebol.r
-rw-r----- 1 netscape netscape 471040 Sep 27 13:22 rebol12.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 netscape netscape 29901 Jun 26 17:28 setup.html
# ./rebol
** CRASH (Should not happen) - Error 512 during start-up
Memory fault(coredump)
#
Again, diff reported no discrepancies between the fresh copy and the
previous one.
-jn-
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; Joel Neely [joel--neely--fedex--com] 901-263-4460 38017/HKA/9677
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