newscache: Thread: Bugfix: Segmentation fault in exception handler

In error sitations (example non reachable nntp server in newscache.conf) 
an uninitialized sockerr variable (err) in the socket++ library can lead 
to a segmentation fault, because the exception handler calls the sockerr 
method errstr () and here a invalid address will accessed (example 
sys_errlist[1073890052]). This error was intruduced with the "named 
socket" extension in the socket++ library. The symptoms:

o) updatenews
$ > updatenews
Segmentation fault

o) newscache
in the news.err file:
Apr 27 21:41:09 kottan NewsCache[5119]: 5121 caught signal 11
after the installation of socket++-1.12.10
Apr 27 21:52:56 kottan NewsCache[5192]: sstream::connectTo can't connect 
to  schrammel.test nntp sockerr code: 113 sockerr operation: 
sockbuf::connect(upstream server socket) sockerrtext: No route to host

I think this problem is in relation with the error on FreeBSD reported 
by Tilman 
(http://www.linuxhacker.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?9:mss:34:200304:lmnkojojammfahkganad)

I recommend an upgrade of the socket++ library to socket++-1.12.10, 
which is available on my homepage: http://members.aon.at/hstraub/socket++/

TAR:
1636c25b9192bf92c3b0dcb69c907f2a  socket++-1.12.10.tar.gz

RPM RedHat 8.0:
c138285b8413c21c425e7b99e9239d10  socket++-1.12.10-1.i386.rpm
e1d57d0e6bc79a06872d3ea37a5e4019  socket++-1.12.10-1.src.rpm

Debian (sid):
a9c3c1cc8f56b81f5cb79e8870fefbc2  socket++-dev_1.12.10-1_i386.deb
a9c3c1cc8f56b81f5cb79e8870fefbc2  socket++-dev_1.12.10-1_i386.deb
ba3d3c9a4208668fc0692f3340facd19  socket++_1.12.10.orig.tar.gz
e41eccbcb22e26bb52f2e8b73aabc45b  socket++_1.12.10-1.diff.gz

Installation:
1) get the tar, rpm, deb files
2) Installation
3) Restart newscache

Herbert

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:15:00 +0200
Carles Arjona ####@####.#### wrote:

CA> The correct URL is http://members.aon.at/hstraub/linux/socket++/

Thanks Carles.
And, Herbert! the bookmark for SRPM file is incorrect too. For some strangeness it appeared in the binary RPMS directory...

Carles Arjona wrote:

>Herbert, I guess that your bookmarks have some bug that should also be
>fixed ;-) This time you forgot "linux".
>
Carles,  bookmarks(!) i should use such a technology... :-)

Herbert