Debian bug report logs - #1770 xntp dumps core with kernel 1.3.35 Package: xntp ; Reported by: Austin Donnelly . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From kryten.it.com.au!andrew Sat Oct 28 00:34:16 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t95mR-0006DLC; Sat, 28 Oct 95 00:34 PDT Received: from kryten.it.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA23119 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 28 Oct 1995 00:33:14 -0700 Received: by kryten.it.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sat, 28 Oct 95 23:25 WST Message-Id: From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) Subject: Re: Bug#1770: xntp dumps core with kernel 1.3.35 To: and1000@cam.ac.uk, debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 23:25:38 +0800 (WST) In-Reply-To: from "Austin Donnelly" at Oct 26, 95 05:47:37 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1132 Austin Donnelly writes: > Package: xntp > Version: 3.4x-1 > > The 'struct timex' structure has changed in the newser 1.3.x kernels > (for x approx > 28 or so, I'm told). > > This means that xntpd binaries compiled agains old kernels dumps core > on startup. > > I'm told that version 3.4t has support for the latest linux, but I > haven't tried it. > > Also, there is the problem that there would need to be _2_ xntp > packages, one for old kernels, one for new kernels. Eugh!! > > Can anyone think of a better idea ? Last time I looked the next version of xntp which was supposed to fix the problem hadn't been released. When it is I'll make a new package and fix whatever problems come along. I did say this about 5 days ago to a similiar bug report. Andrew -- Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night! -- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day' Andrew Howell andrew@it.com.au Perth, Western Australia howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1770 ; Package xntp . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cam.ac.uk!and1000 Thu Oct 26 10:48:15 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t8WPW-000DGgC; Thu, 26 Oct 95 10:48 PDT Received: from black.csi.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA09071 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 26 Oct 1995 10:47:42 -0700 Received: from valour.pem.cam.ac.uk [131.111.200.47] (ident = root) by black.csi.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t8WP2-000CCOC; Thu, 26 Oct 95 17:47 GMT Received: by valour.pem.cam.ac.uk id m0t8WOv-000z60C (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 26 Oct 95 17:47 GMT Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 17:47:37 +0000 (GMT) From: Austin Donnelly X-Sender: and1000@valour.pem.cam.ac.uk To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: xntp dumps core with kernel 1.3.35 Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Package: xntp Version: 3.4x-1 The 'struct timex' structure has changed in the newser 1.3.x kernels (for x approx > 28 or so, I'm told). This means that xntpd binaries compiled agains old kernels dumps core on startup. I'm told that version 3.4t has support for the latest linux, but I haven't tried it. Also, there is the problem that there would need to be _2_ xntp packages, one for old kernels, one for new kernels. Eugh!! Can anyone think of a better idea ? Austin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Austin Donnelly : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1770 ; Package xntp . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov