Re: [Pan-users] Re: Re: crash, debug build, etc.

[David Shochat]

Duncan wrote:
> David Shochat <address@hidden> posted
> address@hidden, excerpted below, on  Tue, 04 Jul 2006
> 07:30:00 -0400:
>
>   
> > I do NOT get the crash when I use a different news server. So it is 
> > something in the newsgroup list of this particular server 
> > (newsgroups.comcast.net, actually giganews) which is triggering the bug. 
> > Now if only I could figure out what the offending group name is, maybe I 
> > could come up with a patch, or at least a useful bug report.
> >     
>
> In /that/ case...
>
> 1)  Try moving your ~/.pan2 dir elsewhere, and starting with a clean
> config.  Recreate the problem server (only) and download the newsgroup
> list, but do /not/ yet subscribe to any groups. 
Yes, that is what I have done now a number of times. I cannot subscribe 
to any groups since in order to do that, I'd have to be able to click on 
one of the groups in the full list (at least that's the only way I know 
of), but I can't do that because pan crashes before I get a chance.
>  See if it crashes at that
> step.  If as you said it's clicking on the twisty after downloading the
> group list, it should.
>   
Yes, that is what happens.
> If it crashes, you know it's the newsgroup list so you can simply attach
> that to your bug report.  Charles should be able to reproduce it from the
> same list and trace it from there.  Since it's just the group list, you
> don't even have to worry about any... sensitive... groups.  <g>
>   
The crash occurs before the newsrc file is created, so not sure how to 
get my hands on the full list. Maybe by using a different news reader.
> BTW, another debug tool you can try is strace...
>   
Ok, thanks. Maybe I'll give that a try.
-- David