> > Being the clueless person I am, is it impossible to fix this before freezing
> > 1.1? 
> 
> Yes. A fix is not quite so trivial.

*sigh*  Is anyone working on a fix or is it commonly accepted that this bug
will follow us as long as we live? :-I

> On the other hand, you generally need not reboot your system if the problem
> occurs. If possible, you can kill and restart the long-lived processes
> that cause it to happen (e.g. sendmail, cron, etc.)

Yes, but doing this regularly on several NetBSD systems all over the country
(on the systems I maintain) sounds a bit stupid.. :-/

  -jm

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