Subject: pkg/6978: bugfix for inn
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Chris Jones <cjones@nudes.avicom.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/09/1999 20:33:00
>Number: 6978
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: bugfix for inn
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 9 19:35:00 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Chris Jones
>Organization:
--------------------------------------------------------------cjones@avicom.net
Chris Jones
Mad scientist at large
"Is this going to be a stand-up programming session, sir, or another bug hunt?"
>Release: 1.3.3
>Environment:
System: NetBSD nudes 1.3I NetBSD 1.3I (NEWS) #2: Sun Jan 24 13:20:59 MST 1999 root@news:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/NEWS i386
>Description:
Using the pkgsrc version of inn, makehistory occasionally pukes on me,
because my history file is getting too large, and it's trying to
allocate a 50M blob to make the new history database.
>How-To-Repeat:
See above.
>Fix:
This is a patch to news.daily.in in INN's samples directory:
*** news.daily.in~ Fri Jul 24 07:13:00 1998
--- news.daily.in Tue Feb 9 20:25:07 1999
***************
*** 224,229 ****
--- 224,232 ----
cd ${PATHETC}
+ ## Unlimit
+ ulimit -d `ulimit -H -d`
+
## Show the status of the news system.
${DOSTAT} && {
${INNSTAT}
>Audit-Trail:
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