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linux 9.4.9, sun4 9.3.18: discuss

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Chen)
Tue Jun 21 15:31:39 2005

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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:31:00 -0400
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System name:		scyther.mit.edu
Type and version:	i686 9.4.9 (with mkserv)
Display type:		nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420] (rev a3)

Shell:			/bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager:		unknown

What were you trying to do?
Read discuss meetings.

What's wrong:
                                                                                [~ scyther]% discuss
Discuss version 1.6.  Type '?' for a list of commands.

discuss:  g bugs
Athena Bugs meeting:  763 new, 26462 last. (Read access only.)
discuss:  ls
[stuff starts being displayed -- I C-c in the middle]
discuss:  g testers
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x0805b96a ***
Abort

Similarly, on way-mo-money.mit.edu, a Solaris 9.3 machine:

[~ way-mo-money]% discuss
Discuss version 1.6.  Type '?' for a list of commands.

discuss:  g bugs
Athena Bugs meeting:  763 new, 26462 last. (Read access only.)
discuss:  ls
[stuff starts being displayed -- I C-c in the middle]
^Cdiscuss (list): Interrupted system call Can't read transaction info
discuss:  g testers
Segmentation fault

What should have happened:
discuss should not have crashed.

Please describe any relevant documentation references:

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