From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jan 24 02:01:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA08536 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 02:01:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.ruhrgebiet.individual.net (in-ruhr.ruhr.de [141.39.224.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA08526 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 02:01:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ue@nathan.ruhr.de) Received: (from admin@localhost) by mail.ruhrgebiet.individual.net (8.8.5-r-beta/8.8.5) with UUCP id KAA09325 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:57:27 +0100 (MET) Received: (from ue@localhost) by nathan.ruhr.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA04489; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:53:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ue) Message-ID: <19990123145331.20581@nathan.ruhr.de> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:53:31 +0100 From: Udo Erdelhoff To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is this core normal or something sinister? References: <000b01be4657$c386e810$02dd71d1@fargo.os.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <000b01be4657$c386e810$02dd71d1@fargo.os.com>; from Craig Shrimpton on Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 05:37:10PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, > "pid 18958 (conftest), uid 0: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)" did you try to compile/install a port with a GNU-style configure script? These scripts check various things about your system like the size and existence of certain data types, include files, libraries -- and the ability to dump a core. The message you received is the result of this test. /s/Udo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message