Bug 103872 – Symlinked cache directory problem

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Bug 103872 - Symlinked cache directory problem


Summary:	Symlinked cache directory problem


Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Pan
Classification:	Other
Component:	general
Version:	0.13.3
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Low normal
Target Milestone:	0.14.0
Assigned To:	Charles Kerr
QA Contact:	Pan QA Team

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Reported:	2003-01-19 13:27 UTC by Frederik Vanrenterghem
Modified:	2004-12-22 21:47 UTC

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Description Frederik Vanrenterghem 2003-01-19 13:27:56 UTC

In case the cache directory is a symlink to another directory which does
not exist, Pan crashes upon downloading an article.

My setup: .pan/data/cache -> /tmp/cache/

If /tmp/cache/ is not created yet, Pan will crash when downloading an
article. This was tested on 13.3. Previous behaviour was different: Pan
used to not show the article, without crashing.

Comment 1 Charles Kerr 2003-03-16 18:58:47 UTC

IMO this is a "doctor, it hurts when I do this" bug,
but Pan shouldn't crash regardless. :)

Comment 2 Charles Kerr 2003-03-16 19:03:46 UTC

530                     if (cache_max < apath->size)
(gdb) bt

+ Trace 34966

#0 acache_expire_to_size
at acache.c line 530
#1 acache_expire
at acache.c line 566
#2 acache_checkin
at acache.c line 658
#3 task_bodies_destructor
at task-bodies.c line 94
#4 pan_object_destroy
at pan-object.c line 43
#5 pan_object_unref
at pan-object.c line 70
#6 g_slist_foreach
at gslist.c line 630
#7 real_queue_remove_tasks
at queue.c line 730
#8 queue_do_todo
at queue.c line 1118
#9 queue_run_what_we_can
at queue.c line 1083
#10 queue_mainloop
at queue.c line 1186
#11 g_thread_create_proxy
at gthread.c line 551
#12 start_thread
from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0

Comment 3 Charles Kerr 2003-03-16 19:12:25 UTC

Fixed in CVS:

http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/cvsview2.cgi?diff_mode=context&whitespace_mode=show&subdir=pan&command=DIFF_FRAMESET&file=ANNOUNCE.html&rev1=1.83&rev2=1.84&root=/cvs/gnome
http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/cvsview2.cgi?diff_mode=context&whitespace_mode=show&subdir=pan/pan/base&command=DIFF_FRAMESET&file=acache.c&rev1=1.63&rev2=1.64&root=/cvs/gnome