As promised, further information about crons that (at random) just die
and dump core. I mentioned in my previous summary that I hadn't actually
managed to track down the relevant sun patch yet, and lo and behold, I
got a message within the day from
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David Moline <drm@au.oz.gcs.gaia>
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(to whom I'm very grateful), mentioning the following (Solbourne) patch:
> Patch applies to:
> 4.1A.1 release
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> Affected bugs:
> Sun-1069046
> Patch name:
> P911121001: cron dies on correct entries
> ================================================================
> This patch is the equivalent of Sun patch 100402-01.
>
> The ``usr'' structure of an at/cron job could be removed while the job
> was still running due to a race condition. This causes a core dump at
> the end of the job, when cron attempts to print out the now-missing
> information.
>
> The symptom is the routine ``logit'' in the stack backtrace from the
> dead cron.
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I've grabbed the Sun patch mentioned (archie listed a whole bunch of places
- I'll mail anyone who wants the list), and this should be the last you hear
from me on this subject unless it fails to fix the problem (touch wood).
-patrick.
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