From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Sep 25 08:40:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA23042 for ports-outgoing; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 08:40:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA23012; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 08:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 08:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <199709251540.IAA23012@hub.freebsd.org> Resent-From: gnats (GNATS Management) Resent-To: freebsd-ports Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats@FreeBSD.ORG, andreas@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA22928 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 08:39:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with UUCP id RAA27369 for FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 17:30:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA06619; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 17:09:44 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <199709251509.RAA06619@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 17:09:44 +0200 (CEST) From: andreas@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: andreas@FreeBSD.ORG To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: ports/4626: inn port, active file contains control characters Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Number: 4626 >Category: ports >Synopsis: inn port, active file contains control characters >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 25 08:40:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andreas Klemm >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: FreeBSD-current as of last week And inn-1.5.1 port. >Description: active files contains control characters within a day or such >How-To-Repeat: Run inn-1.5.1 without letting actsyncd updating your active file. Within a day or so the active file looks like follows: sci.math 0000000000 0000000001 y sci.math.num-analysis 0000000000 0000000001 y ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ >Fix: run actsyncd on a regular basis... So the active file gets rewritten completely. 1 18 * * * /usr/local/news/bin/actsyncd /usr/local/news/lib/actsync.cfg Possibly it's related to MMAP ?! Didn't rebuild inn without MMAP support. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: