[4869] in Athena Bugs
vax 6.4R: scribe version 7.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (drmorris@MIT.EDU)
Fri May 4 17:09:44 1990
From: drmorris@MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 04 May 90 17:09:26 EDT
System name: beeblebrox
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 6.4R (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
scribe a file which had an empty bibliography entry in it.
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[/usr/tmp]:beeblebrox % cat > test.mss
@Make(Report)
@Use(Bibliography "test.bib")
@Style(BibSelect Complete)
[/usr/tmp]:beeblebrox % cat > test.bib
@Misc[]
[/usr/tmp]:beeblebrox % scribe test
Scribe 7(1700) Copyright (C) 1981, 1987 Scribe Systems
Welcome to Athena Scribe Version 7.
*test
[Processing test.mss]
[Device "PostScript"]
[Document type "Report"
[FontFamily Helvetica]
]
[Reference format: STDnumeric
[Subfile test.bib]
Segmentation violation (core dumped)
[/usr/tmp]:beeblebrox %
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What's wrong:
Scribe core dumped.
What should have happened:
It should have printed an error telling me I had a bad format in
my bibliography file.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
This is most likely another manifestation of the same bug
reported in bugs[3023].
Dave Morrison
