Subject: pkg/23659: Procmail bug.
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <hpeyerl@birfield.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/04/2003 17:42:13
>Number: 23659
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: procmail fails when used with mhonarc.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: pkg-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 05 01:42:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Herb Peyerl
>Release: NetBSD 1.6ZF
>Organization:
>Environment:
procmail from pkgsrc with mhonarc.
System: NetBSD mail 1.6ZF NetBSD 1.6ZF (BIRFIELD) #0: Sat Nov 29 19:27:15 UTC 2003 hpeyerl@mail:/sys/arch/i386/compile/BIRFIELD i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
Without the suggested patch, procmail repeatedly runs out
of memory when calling mhonarc.
>How-To-Repeat:
install mhonarc, archive some list messages via procmail.
>Fix:
Patch found here works everytime and is required.
http://www.mhonarc.org/archive/html/mharc-users/2002-11/msg00017.html
http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/procmail/2002-04/msg00248.html
It doesn't appear the patch has been integrated into procmail proper
but I've confirmed twice that it is required.
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