Bug#8092: marked as done (nn looks for active file in /usr/lib/news/active)
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From: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
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Subject: nn looks for active file in /usr/lib/news/active
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Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 05:07:22 +0100 (MET)
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Package: nn
Version: 6.5.0.b3.linux.1.1-01
When I start nn, it aborts immediately:
]night:[dark]~: nn
]could not fetch active file
]
]night:[dark]~:
I use suck and innd to create a local news spool. INN (1.4unoff4-1)
keeps its active file in /var/lib/news/active.
I used strace, and it turns out that nn looks for the active file
in /usr/lib/news/active. This is the wrong place.
I have tried it with the NNTPSERVER environment variable unset,
or set to "localhost", or set to "night" (the hostname). The
behaviour is the same.
If I set NNTPSERVER to the FQDN, nn segfaults. But I suspect that
belongs in another bugreport. I'll send one when I have investigated.
Other details requested by the bug-report doc:
(I doubt they're relevant, but it can't hurt)
Kernel version (uname -a):
Linux night 2.0.6 #104 Fri Mar 14 01:48:44 MET 1997 i486
Libc version 5.4.20
/etc/debian_version reports 1.1, but that's probably because I
upgraded to a newer dpkg package. My original install was from
the Sep 1996 Info-Magic disks.
I guess the strace output is also relevant:
mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 4294967295, 0) = 0x40007000
mprotect(0x40000000, 20301, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0
mprotect(0x8000000, 207512, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0
stat("/etc/ld.so.cache", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2727, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 4
mmap(0, 2727, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0) = 0x40008000
close(4) = 0
stat("/etc/ld.so.preload", 0xbffffba4) = -1 ERRNO_2 (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libncurses.so.3.0", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096
mmap(0, 249856, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 4294967295, 0) = 0x40009000
mmap(0x40009000, 198134, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0) = 0x40009000
mmap(0x4003a000, 30592, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0x30000) = 0x4003a000
mmap(0x40042000, 13444, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 4294967295, 0) = 0x40042000
close(4) = 0
mprotect(0x40009000, 198134, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0
open("/lib/libc.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3"..., 4096) = 4096
mmap(0, 757760, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 4294967295, 0) = 0x40046000
mmap(0x40046000, 528099, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0) = 0x40046000
mmap(0x400c7000, 22860, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 4, 0x80000) = 0x400c7000
mmap(0x400cd000, 204720, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 4294967295, 0) = 0x400cd000
close(4) = 0
mprotect(0x40046000, 528099, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC) = 0
munmap(0x40008000, 2727) = 0
mprotect(0x8000000, 207512, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0
mprotect(0x40009000, 198134, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0
mprotect(0x40046000, 528099, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0
mprotect(0x40000000, 20301, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0
personality(0) = 0
geteuid() = 1000
getuid() = 1000
getgid() = 1000
getegid() = 1000
brk(0x803e1c8) = 0x803e1c8
ioctl(0, 0x5401, {B9600 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
sigaction(SIGTERM, {0x80052d0, [], SA_INTERRUPT|SA_NOMASK|SA_ONESHOT}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
sigaction(SIGHUP, {0x80052d0, [], SA_INTERRUPT|SA_NOMASK|SA_ONESHOT}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x8005310, [], SA_INTERRUPT|SA_NOMASK|SA_ONESHOT}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
sigaction(SIGALRM, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
sigaction(SIG30, {0x80052d0, [], SA_INTERRUPT|SA_NOMASK|SA_ONESHOT}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
getuid() = 1000
getgroups(32, [1000]) = 1
getegid() = 1000
geteuid() = 1000
getpid() = 28572
brk(0x803e1f0) = 0x803e1f0
brk(0x803f000) = 0x803f000
stat("/var/spool/nn/DATA/0", 0x8037260) = -1 ERRNO_2 (No such file or directory)
sigaction(SIGINT, {0x80052f0, [], SA_INTERRUPT|SA_NOMASK|SA_ONESHOT}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
sigaction(SIGQUIT, {0x80052f0, [], SA_INTERRUPT|SA_NOMASK|SA_ONESHOT}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
sigaction(SIGTSTP, {0x8005330, [], SA_INTERRUPT|SA_NOMASK|SA_ONESHOT}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
stat("/home/dark/.nn", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=1024, ...}) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="night", ...}) = 0
stat("/etc/locale/C/libc.cat", 0xbfffee60) = -1 ERRNO_2 (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/share/locale/C/libc.cat", 0xbfffee60) = -1 ERRNO_2 (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/share/locale/libc/C", 0xbfffee60) = -1 ERRNO_2 (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/share/locale/C/libc.cat", 0xbfffee60) = -1 ERRNO_2 (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/share/locale/C/libc.cat", 0xbfffee60) = -1 ERRNO_2 (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/host.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=46, ...}) = 0
fcntl(4, F_GETFL) = 0 (flags O_RDONLY)
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=46, ...}) = 0
mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 4294967295, 0) = 0x40008000
lseek(4, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0
read(4, "order hosts,bind\nmulti on\nnosp"..., 4096) = 46
gettimeofday({858485228, 102386}, NULL) = 0
getpid() = 28572
open("/etc/resolv.conf", O_RDONLY) = 5
fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=41, ...}) = 0
mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 4294967295, 0) = 0x400ff000
read(5, "domain xs4all.nl\nnameserver 194"..., 4096) = 41
read(5, "", 4096) = 0
close(5) = 0
munmap(0x400ff000, 4096) = 0
read(4, "", 4096) = 0
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x40008000, 4096) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="night", ...}) = 0
open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=57, ...}) = 0
mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 4294967295, 0) = 0x40008000
read(4, "127.0.0.1\tnight\tlocalhost\n192"..., 4096) = 57
read(4, "", 4096) = 0
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x40008000, 4096) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="night", ...}) = 0
open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=57, ...}) = 0
mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 4294967295, 0) = 0x40008000
read(4, "127.0.0.1\tnight\tlocalhost\n192"..., 4096) = 57
read(4, "", 4096) = 0
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x40008000, 4096) = 0
brk(0x8042000) = 0x8042000
brk(0x8045000) = 0x8045000
open("/usr/lib/news/active", O_RDONLY) = -1 ERRNO_2 (No such file or directory)
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0600, st_rdev=makedev(4, 194), ...}) = 0
mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, 4294967295, 0) = 0x40008000
ioctl(1, 0x5401, {B9600 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
write(1, "could not fetch active file\n", 28) = 28
write(1, "\n", 1) = 1
_exit(1) = ?
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