> > Hi Stefan,
> >
> > I've been slowly moving threads, and twice now so far (and reproducably) had elog crash.
> >
> > In each case, it is trying to move a thread with more than 24 entries; it copies the first 24 entries, then
> > crashes with "Segmentation Fault". It does not erase the lock file /var/run/elog.pid
> >
> > I have got around this by manually copying the entries beyond no 24, then deleting the thread entry by entry.
> >
> > I am aware that I have an old and limited machine (586, 256MB RAM, running Slack 10), and at first I was
> > "content" to write it off as that; but when it crashed for the second time at exactly the same entry (the
> > twenty-forth) even though the size of the entries would have been significantly different, I wondered if there
> > was some factor within elog that could affect this.
> >
> > I've not tried it with Copy to:, but imagine it will also be affected as the only difference with this and Move
> > to: is the deletion of the thread after all the entries had been copied.
>
> This rings a bell: it's probably related to some internal stack overflow, since the entries are copied
> recursively. I have an idea on how to fix that, but I need time for that.
Thanks Stefan, I'll be keeping an eye out on any annoucement about this one! |