From: Karl Kleinpaste <karl@jprc.com>
Subject: Humor value: user error
Date: 22 Nov 1996 12:14:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vxkg222qcfg.fsf@pocari-sweat.jprc.com> (raw)
a short route to an xemacs core dump under gnus:
# share scorefiles between news servers.
# e.g., usual server and test host on local machine.
cd ~/News
ln -s . nntp+localhost
xemacs
M-x gnus
SPC
"Finding all score files..."
observe that it's, um, taking quite a while, hm.
do `ps aux | sort -nr +4 | head' to see how big things are getting.
make shocked look on face at observing that xemacs is getting *REALLY*
*REALLY* *BIG*. i mean, let's be serious, 94Mb, and it wasn't done yet...
watch xemacs complain, toss chunks, and drop core file.
make far-too-belated realization that xemacs is chasing infinitely
across nntp+localhost -> . in search of scorefiles, and (gee, wow,
howzabout that) managing to find more and more and More and MORE and
*MORE* of them.
bozo. sheesh. *sigh*
(if it matters to anyone, XEmacs 19.14 under RH4.0 Linux.)
next reply other threads:[~1996-11-22 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-11-22 17:14 Karl Kleinpaste [this message]
1996-11-22 18:50 ` Steven L Baur
1996-11-22 20:14 ` Rich Pieri
1996-11-22 21:19 ` Michael R Cook
1996-11-22 22:20 ` Karl Kleinpaste
1996-11-25 14:09 ` Rich Pieri
1996-11-22 20:36 ` David Moore
1996-11-22 22:45 ` Steven L Baur
1996-11-22 19:35 ` Rich Pieri
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