[IRCServices] Seg fault! on ircservices-4.5pre6

[Ian R. Justman]

On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Andrew Church wrote:

> >This plagues every version of ircservices that ive used. This ver is =
> >ircservices-4.5pre6
> >Ive tried on multiple boxes, but they are all RH 7.0
> 
>      That's your problem; RedHat 7.0 uses a buggy libc.  Downgrade to
> 6.2 or use a different distribution.  (Alternatively, edit sysconf.h
> after running configure and set HAVE_STRTOK to 0; the configure
> script should detect this, but doesn't for some reason.  I suspect my
> test method is bad.)

Andy, you're forgetting something:

Red Hat 7.0 is using a "non-production" version of GCC, a move sternly
questioned by Linus AND the GCC Steering Committee themselves, according
to one article I've read.

This in mind, I hereby coin the term, "bloody edge", which is what happens
when you push the envelope just a tad TOO hard beyond "bleeding edge".

I could go on with my tirade about Red Hat, but short, sweet and to the
point, if you place any value your system's security and stability, you do
-NOT- want to use Red Hat.  :P

--Ian R. Justman, Co-Founder and Postmaster, The EsperNet IRC Network.

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