Chuck,
You might want to get with Drew Spencer at Caldera
(drew@calderasystems.com). They have apparently tracked down where this
is happenning in the netscape code and could probably point you quickly
to the suspect areas.
Jeff
Chuck Lever wrote:
>
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Thomas Molina wrote:
>
> > In pre4-3 and pre4-4 the system locks up using netscape 4.72 to access
> > the page http://home.excite.com. It happens on exiting the page if that
> > is where I start, or upon entering the page if I start somewhere else.
> > Pre4-2 and earlier did not exhibit the problem.
> >
> > I see from a previous message that this problem has been noted by others
> > and it is believed to be a problem in the glibc version of netscape.
> > Does this mean the kernel developers are not going to try and develop a
> > work around until netscape fixes the problem?
>
> i think you'll find the response to this question is that in general Linux
> development doesn't respond to bugs in other people's code -- that just
> adds complexity and obfuscation to the kernel.
>
> however, if there is a legitimate kernel problem (and there may be; the
> kernel should not be vulnerable to problems in Glibc, IMHO), then that
> should be fixed. at least some public analysis of the lock-up is in
> order.
>
> - Chuck Lever
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