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Received: from sloth.swcp.com (sloth.swcp.com [198.59.115.25]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id BAA14770 for <executor@nacm.com>; Wed, 5 Jul 1995 01:45:06 -0700 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id CAA23456; Wed, 5 Jul 1995 02:45:05 -0600 Received: from beaut.ardi.com by mailhost with smtp (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0sTQ3w-000YbmC; Wed, 5 Jul 95 02:44 MDT Received: by beaut.ardi.com (linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0sTQ3v-00000BC; Wed, 5 Jul 95 02:44 MDT Message-Id: <m0sTQ3v-00000BC@beaut.ardi.com> Date: Wed, 5 Jul 95 02:44 MDT From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford Thomas Matthews) To: Tim Cutts (Zoology) <tjrc1@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk> Cc: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: Serious problems with E/L 1.99n In-Reply-To: <9507050830.AA26944@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk> References: <9507050830.AA26944@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Tim" == Zoology <Tim> writes: Tim> First of all, thanks for getting the pointer bug fixed. One problem solved. Tim> However, something is seriously wrong with the browser. I Tim> tried to open a folder (created by extracting a stuffit Tim> archive), and executor just exits! No error message, no Tim> coredump, nothing. This is the one application (FoxBASE) I Tim> really needed, and I can't get into its folder! I have to Tim> launch it via a data file with the browser because of known Tim> problems in executor with File Open dialogs in certain Tim> programs. And one problem created. Parity. Ouch. Since you're using Executor under Linux, here are a few suggestions: Do an ls -lR of the parent directory and send that and a brief note to us with that information. Try manually removing apple double pairs (e.g. file1 and %file1) from the folder that you can't open, one at a time, and see if you can find one single file pair that causes the file browser to crash. Pass information you find back to bugs@ardi.com Try using makehfv to make a large HFV file that you can expand your work into and see if you can run out of that, then let us know, one way or the other. Those suggestions *should* allow us to figure out what's going on. In all our testing, we never saw anything like this, so I'm assuming this particular problem is rare and is not a showstopper for 1.99n. Anyone who finds ways to make the Browser crash should send e-mail to bugs@ardi.com. If it is likely that lots of people will make Browser crash without going out of their way, we'll need to get a fix out ASAP and delay hyping Executor to the press, potential investors, etc. Tim> Have I made a mistake or is something broken? I tried using Tim> Linux to move the contents of the Fox folder into the Tim> ExecutorVolume directory, and then browser wouldn't start at Tim> all! It just kicked out straight away! Ouch! Tim> Help! If you send us a phone number and good times to call (yes, I'm aware of the time difference), we *might* be able to call you. No guarantees since it's after hours and you're overseas, but this is a very urgent problem from our perspective as well. --Cliff ctm@ardi.com