LYNX-DEV Newspost in Lynx 2-7

[Ismael Cordeiro]

When I try to post to a newsgroup in the local nntp server with 02/09 Lynx
2-7 pre-release on Solaris 2.x two things can happen:

- the post is successful;
- Lynx crashes.

I had to try many times to repeat the crash and couldn't find a pattern of
on which conditions it crashes. Here's what gdb says:

(gdb) info proc
 
Information for /proc/00744:
 
Process status flags:           PR_STOPPED PR_ISTOP PR_RLC 
Reason for stopping:            PR_FAULTED FLTACCESS 
Additional signal/fault info:   SIGBUS (10) BUS_ADRALN addr=0xfffffffb 
 
(gdb)bt
#0  0xef6baf40 in _free_unlocked ()
#1  0xef6baf00 in free ()
#2  0x7c040 in HTSACopy (dest=0xefffcfa0, src=0xab4d8 "Organization: ")
    at ../../Library/Implementation/HTString.c:80
#3  0x47690 in LYNewsPost ()
#4  0x86c54 in HTLoadNews (
    arg=0x15a2e8 "newspost://NNTP.HIP.CAM.ORG/comp.sys.cbm", anAnchor=0xd7400, 
    format_out=0x0, stream=0x0) at ../../Library/Implementation/HTNews.c:2068
#5  0x68c44 in HTLoad (
    addr=0x155a08 "newspost://NNTP.HIP.CAM.ORG/comp.sys.cbm", anchor=0x15a9b8, 
    format_out=0xee018, sink=0x0)
    at ../../Library/Implementation/HTAccess.c:558
#6  0x68f4c in HTLoadDocument (
    full_address=0x155a08 "newspost://NNTP.HIP.CAM.ORG/comp.sys.cbm", 
    anchor=0x15a9b8, format_out=0xee018, sink=0x0)
    at ../../Library/Implementation/HTAccess.c:721
#7  0x69414 in HTLoadAbsolute (docaddr=0xefffe670)
    at ../../Library/Implementation/HTAccess.c:888
#8  0x28068 in getfile ()
#9  0x2d50c in mainloop ()
#10 0x2b280 in main ()

(gdb) info proc all
 
Information for /proc/00744:
 
Process status flags:           
 
        PR_STOPPED       Process is stopped.
        PR_ISTOP         Stopped on an event of interest.
        PR_RLC           Run-on-last-close is in effect.
 
Reason for stopping:            
 
        PR_FAULTED       Incurred a traced hardware fault.
        FLTACCESS        Memory access fault.
 
Additional signal/fault info:   
 
        SIGBUS (10)      Bus error.
        BUS_ADRALN       Invalid address alignment.
Segmentation Fault

Ismael
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