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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net>
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Subject: Re: segfaults on updatedb and /etc/security 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:18:46 MST."
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On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:18:46 MST, Bryce Newall wrote:

> [140]root@calico:/var/db # /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
> Segmentation fault

It doesn't help much to know that a shell script is segfaulting. We need
to know what exactly is happening in there. You can produce more useful
info by doing this:

	sh -x /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

Let us know. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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