From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Nov 8 19:20: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7764014BF2 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 19:20:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id TAA01627; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 19:20:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 19:20:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199911090320.TAA01627@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Brian Somers Subject: Re: bin/14785: PPP userland/client throws core Reply-To: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/14785; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Brian Somers To: kjwolf@seismic.de Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: bin/14785: PPP userland/client throws core Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 00:56:31 +0000 [.....] > Very difficult: PPP crashes and throws core after a short time of usage > - as of the (unchanged) selfmade distribution CD-ROM, or even after > being recompiled from /usr/src again. After being re-compiled with > CFLAGS="-g -pipe" for debugging purposes, there are no such problems, > i.e. it is no post-mortem debugging possible (>six weeks of trial). > Multiply tried since 3.3-RELEASE, problem remains the same. PR 14145 & > fix possibly reduced the frequency. > > Known since 3.3-RELEASE (not the pre-3.3 testing versions before). > Maybe a compiler/code incompatibility problem? [.....] Can you try the version from my website ? There were a few nasty bugs fixed recently (just before FreeBSDCon) that I haven't yet brought back into RELENG_3 (it's about time I did). > Unknown. Try using the optimized executable of ppp and you might see. I haven't run an optimised ppp in about 3 years :o) -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message