severity minor tags moreinfo thanks control On 17/06/05, David Liontooth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Nigel, > > The problem may well have arisen from an underlying iptables problem -- > I never configured the package, just installed it to remind me it > exists, with a plan to get around to it at some point. I generally > assume packages will do no harm, though they may not do any good until I > give them some attention. Even if a package fails badly, it obviously > shouldn't crash the system. Unfortunately we won't know now if ifkongfu > was the culprit, as I'm not in a position to experiment with this > machine for the next four months. I think it's extremely unlikely the Thats ok then. > problem applies to all amd64 installations, but it will no doubt take > some work to narrow it down. > > If we assume ipkungfu was at fault, we have this scenario: > > -- it runs (even if ineffectually) for a week with no incident > -- out of the blue it crashes the whole system > > There wasn't a trace in the logs, and I wasn't doing anything unusual. > This could be very hard to track down, so I really don't think it's > worth considering this a serious bugreport unless someone else runs into Hence why as above I've downgraded it to minor, and tagged moreinfo incase someone else gets this problem. > a similar behavior. Appreciate your friendly reply though! I may be > able to return to this in the fall. No problem, the Maintainers are meant to be friendly so yeah. If you are able to return to it in fall, that would be nice, if however not, I'll most likely close the bug after a good few months. > > Dave
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