larrywyb@??? wrote:
>
> OK, After asking questions here and getting some good suggestions I
> think I may have found the problem with Slackware 3.6 and EXIM's
> problem with it.
>
> After ugrading to Slackware 3.6 Exim wouldn't work for me anymore.
> I could get mail but would get a:
>
> 1999-03-09 18:26:15 10KWpD-0003pn-00 SEGV while reading
> "T:jean.dhis.org:192.168.255.0:10KWpD-0003pn-00" from dbm file: record
> assumed not to exist
> 1999-03-09 18:26:38 10KWpD-0003pn-00 SEGV while reading
> "T:jean.dhis.org:192.168.255.0:10KWpD-0003pn-00" from dbm file: record
> assumed not to exist
> 1999-03-09 18:26:38 queue run: process 14748 crashed with signal 11 while
> delivering 10KWpD-0003pn-00
>
> The file that seems to be causing the problem is the library file:
> libgdbm.so.1.7.3.
>
> I checked out the new file that comes with the Slackware upgrade and it has
> a year date of 1998 and a size of 48876. The old one is dated 1995 and has a
> size of 25287. I reinstalled the old libgdbm (after backing up the new one)
> and tried exim and everything is cooking along as normal. In fact is what I am
> using as I send this message.
>
> This is all fine and dandy but I don't know what kind of problems this is going
> to cause on farther down the line. Cause I'm sure they changed it for some good
> reason. I guess... (:
>
> Anyway the important thing is, is anyone else able to use this newer library
> file with exim under Slackware??
I had the same problem. I didn't bother to find out what had changed, I
just removed the library (and everthing else that went with it) and
built a new one from source.
Greg Weeks
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