Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:48:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Earl Hood <earlhood(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com>
Subject: Re: MHonArc bug (v2.3.3)
To: Bruce Hauge <bruceh(_at_)hpcvcdv(_dot_)cv(_dot_)hp(_dot_)com>,
mhonarc(_at_)ncsa(_dot_)uiuc(_dot_)edu
---Bruce Hauge <bruceh(_at_)hpcvcdv(_dot_)cv(_dot_)hp(_dot_)com> wrote:
This is perl, version 5.004
MHonArc v2.3.3 (Perl 5.004)
HP-UX hpcvcdv B.10.20 A 9000/780 2010073319 two-user license
The exact command-line used to invoke the program.
/home/bruceh/net/mhonarc/MHonArc2.3.3/install/mhonarc \
-rcfile /usr/warts/totem/lib/majordomo/rcfile \
-outdir avo_expert \
-nolock \
/usr/warts/totem/lib/majordomo/archive/avo_expert
...
Reading resource file: /usr/warts/totem/lib/majordomo/rcfile ...
Converting messages to avo_expert
Reading /usr/warts/totem/lib/majordomo/archive/avo_expert
....................
Writing mail .Attempt to free unreferenced scalar at
/home/bruceh/net/mhonarc/MH
onArc2.3.3/install/mhamain.pl line 148.
...
Running mhonarc from a ksh script (mk_test) from cron. Permissions
are
(note setuid and setguid):
-rwsr-Sr-x 1 bruceh totem 367 Jan 21 15:04 mk_test
Error occurs when I run as:
uid=567(bruceh) gid=90(niddesctr)
No errors when I run as gid=98(totem)
This looks like a problem with the port of perl on your system. The
error message comes from perl and not from mhonarc.
Since I do not have access to a HP-UX 10.20 system, I have no
way to figure out what is causes the error in perl. Could be
related to taint mode if using setuid/getuid? Have you tried
the latest version of perl to see if the problem still exists?
--ewh
Thanks for the reply. I was able to try this under version 5.004_04 of Perl
(still on HP-UX). Unfortunately, it still fails with the same error:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ mk_test
Reading resource file: /usr/warts/totem/lib/majordomo/rcfile ...
Converting messages to avo_expert
Reading /usr/warts/totem/lib/majordomo/archive/avo_expert ......................
......
Writing mail .Attempt to free unreferenced scalar at /home/bruceh/net/mhonarc/MH
onArc2.3.3/install/mhamain.pl line 148.
./mk_test[17]: 10717 Bus error
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We have some "earlier" versions of Perl (5.001, 5.003) that I could try to
see if this problem exists with those versions.
Any other suggestions of things to try?
Bruce
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