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    From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to apam on Fri Jan 20 11:16:16 2023
    Hi apam,

    I've started getting "Segmentation fault" error's with postie when it
    tosses packets.

    I have saved four of them for you to look at.

    What's the best way to get them to you?



    \/orlon
    aka
    Stephen


    --- Talisman v0.46-dev (Linux/m68k)
    * Origin: Vorlon Empire: Amiga 3000 powered in Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)
  • From apam@21:1/182 to vorlon on Sun Jan 22 18:13:26 2023
    I've started getting "Segmentation fault" error's with postie when it
    tosses packets.

    I have saved four of them for you to look at.

    What's the best way to get them to you?

    Email

    Andrew


    --- Talisman v0.46-dev (Windows/x64)
    * Origin: Smuggler's Cove - Private BBS (21:1/182)
  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to apam on Thu Jan 26 14:09:00 2023
    Hi apam,

    I've started getting "Segmentation fault" error's with postie when
    it tosses packets.

    I have saved four of them for you to look at.
    What's the best way to get them to you?

    Email

    I can't seam to find it in my message base, so here is a link to it:

    https://bester.activateit.net.au/index.php/s/J56Tr938AQKZ3N4

    Postie leaves the pid file behind, and the only log info is that it's
    started, and the console returns with "segment fault".



    \/orlon
    aka
    Stephen


    --- Talisman v0.46-dev (Linux/m68k)
    * Origin: Vorlon Empire: Amiga 3000 powered in Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)
  • From Oli@21:3/102 to vorlon on Thu Jan 26 11:58:16 2023
    vorlon wrote (2023-01-26):

    Hi apam,

    I've started getting "Segmentation fault" error's with postie when
    it tosses packets.

    I have saved four of them for you to look at.
    What's the best way to get them to you?

    Email

    I can't seam to find it in my message base, so here is a link to it:

    https://bester.activateit.net.au/index.php/s/J56Tr938AQKZ3N4

    Postie leaves the pid file behind, and the only log info is that it's started, and the console returns with "segment fault".

    I checked first and second packet and they look fine as far as I can tell.

    $ ./pktview /tmp/c434b101.pkt.toss
    PKTView - Fidonet *.PKT viewer - last update 1999-07-27
    Written by Tom Torfs, free for all use

    /tmp/apam/c434b101.pkt.toss:
    Detected Type 2+ packet
    --- PACKET HEADER ---
    Packet version : 2
    Capability word : 0001
    Capability validation : 0100
    Product code : 16.255
    Product revision : 1.9
    Product specific info : 00000000
    Date and time : 2023-01-16 04:13:50
    Originating zone : 21
    Originating net : 1
    Originating node : 195
    Originating point : 0
    Destination zone : 21
    Destination net : 1
    Destination node : 195
    Destination point : 1
    Auxiliary net : 0
    Baudrate : 0
    Password :
    --- PACKED MESSAGE #1 ---
    Version : 2
    Originating net : 1
    Originating node : 195
    Destination net : 1
    Destination node : 195
    Cost : 0
    Attributes :
    Date and time : 15 Jan 23 11:21:56
    From : XXXXXXXXX
    To : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    Subject : Re: Any Reccomendations?
    Control information:
    AREA:FSX_VIDEO
    [...]



    ⁂

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    * Origin: War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignora
  • From apam@21:1/182 to vorlon on Thu Jan 26 22:19:03 2023
    Postie leaves the pid file behind, and the only log info is that it's started, and the console returns with "segment fault".

    I've commited a fix, I don't know if it will fix the issue or not.

    My guess is it's something to do with reply linking, because at first
    glance it seems ratsoft puts dodgy reply ids (7 hex chars, the 8th char
    is missing) and my guess is it's triggering a bug in postie.

    I don't have my m68k vm set up at present, if this quick fix doesn't do
    it i'll look at it more in depth later.

    Andrew


    --- Talisman v0.46-dev (Windows/x64)
    * Origin: Smuggler's Cove - Private BBS (21:1/182)
  • From apam@21:1/182 to Oli on Thu Jan 26 22:20:20 2023
    I checked first and second packet and they look fine as far as I can
    tell.

    Yeah, if it's a segfault it's a bug in postie. It shouldn't crash even if
    the packets are bad which as you say they are not.

    Andrew


    --- Talisman v0.46-dev (Windows/x64)
    * Origin: Smuggler's Cove - Private BBS (21:1/182)
  • From Oli@21:3/102 to apam on Thu Jan 26 14:47:03 2023
    apam wrote (2023-01-26):

    My guess is it's something to do with reply linking, because at first glance it seems ratsoft puts dodgy reply ids (7 hex chars, the 8th char
    is missing) and my guess is it's triggering a bug in postie.

    Good catch. I looked at the MSGID and REPLY, but I didn't thought about counting the hex chars. The REPLY is indeed missing the last char from the original MSGID. I guess it's impossible to fix that 28 year old Atari BBS / Fido software. Maybe Ratsoft 2.1c (1/9/96) has a fix?
    https://milan.kovac.cc/atari/software/?folder=/COMM/BBS#RATSOFT.FTP

    The buggy one says:
    === RATSoft / ST ===
    by Steve Hughey, (c)1991-1995 R0dent Labs Software
    version 2.1c [10/21/95 - 12:16pm]

    I'll ask the sysop, if he is aware of the bug ...

    ⁂

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    * Origin: War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. (21:3/102)
  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to apam on Sat Jan 28 09:30:10 2023
    Hi apam,

    I've commited a fix, I don't know if it will fix the issue or not.

    Updated and compiled. Just need to wait....



    \/orlon
    aka
    Stephen


    --- Talisman v0.46-dev (Linux/m68k)
    * Origin: Vorlon Empire: Amiga 3000 powered in Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)
  • From vorlon@21:1/195.1 to apam on Tue Jan 31 10:40:10 2023
    Hi apam,

    I've commited a fix, I don't know if it will fix the issue or not.

    I've now seen a few messages come in from "Commodore Clifford", and
    postie hasn't crashed.

    Now the only anoyying thing is that messages get tossed out of order.
    I see responses to posts before the post regularly.

    This point system only generally polls once, sometimes twice a day. It receives/sends only raw packets, so it would be great if postie could
    toss the messages in the correct order.



    \/orlon
    aka
    Stephen


    --- Talisman v0.46-dev (Linux/m68k)
    * Origin: Vorlon Empire: Amiga 3000 powered in Sector 550 (21:1/195.1)