[Code] perform_act() or act() causing crash

From: Jeremy Music (wyld@users.midsouth.net)
Date: 12/05/98


  I have apparently created a nasty crash bug, but I'm not sure exactly
what I messed up.  The last code change I did was adding the InfoNet
channel from the circle ftp site.  The mud crashes on tell, gossip, and,
I'm guessing, all the other "channels" code.

gdb ../bin/circle core   produces:

Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
find_solib: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error

#0  0x804d7b6 in perform_act (
    orig=0x80de401 "n gossips, 'I've got a nasty crash bug I'm trying to
track down   :)'", ch=0x82c7038, obj=0x0,
vict_obj=0x82d29f0,
    to=0x82d29f0) at comm.c:2433
2433            buf++;


and for a tell:

Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
find_solib: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error

#0  0x804d7b6 in perform_act (orig=0x80de40a "N, 'hello'", ch=0x82ce188,
    obj=0x0, vict_obj=0x82cd2a0, to=0x82ce188) at comm.c:2433
2433            buf++;


I didn't change perform_act at all and "buf++;" at 2433 of comm.c looks
alright to me.  I also don't get any errors in the log files.

This is, obviously, a very nasty bug that I would like to get fixed.  My
knowledge of using gdb ends with what I cut and pasted above  :)
Any help would be greatly appreciated  (my first step will be to reverse
the InfoNet snippet and see what that changes).


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