Re: strace cures fetchmail segfault

2001-04-12 Thread David Jardine
Thanks once more for your help, Alan. I'm glad to say that the problem has somehow solved itself. After a week or so and a few dozen failures, the thing suddenly works. I suspect that the gremlin saw my >alias fetch='strace -o /dev/null fetchmail'< and gave up trying to torture me and started

Re: strace cures fetchmail segfault

2001-04-12 Thread David Jardine
Thanks. I can understand the principle, if not the technical detail. Any idea how I fix the race so that the best man wins? On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 09:48:23AM -0700, Alan Chen wrote: > A race condition of some sort? > > --- David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fetchmail consistently segf

strace cures fetchmail segfault

2001-04-12 Thread David Jardine
Fetchmail consistently segfaults on me, but >strace fetchmail< consistently succeeds. I suppose I could run fetchmail through strace for the rest of my life, but I wondered if anyone could suggest what this behaviour might indicate. I'm utterly out of my depth here. TIA David