From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8409 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2007 01:00:37 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.1 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 26 Aug 2007 01:00:37 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 42797 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2007 01:00:30 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 26 Aug 2007 01:00:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 27199 invoked by alias); 26 Aug 2007 01:00:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 23798 Received: (qmail 10265 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2007 17:53:42 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 25 Aug 2007 17:53:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 14594 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2007 17:53:42 -0000 Received: from mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (69.17.117.5) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 25 Aug 2007 17:53:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 8098 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2007 17:53:29 -0000 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) (envelope-sender ) by mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 25 Aug 2007 17:53:29 -0000 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IOzp8-0007TR-8X; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:53:26 -0700 Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:53:26 -0700 From: Robin Lee Powell To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk, 439425-forwarded@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#439425: Random, but fairly regular, zsh segfaults Message-ID: <20070825175326.GB4335@digitalkingdom.org> References: <20070825004026.12883.52907.reportbug@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20070825145112.GA24393@scowler.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070825145112.GA24393@scowler.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 10:51:12AM -0400, Clint Adams wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 05:40:26PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > zsh does the following to me fairly regularily; this seems different > > to me than the other segfault bug reports. It seems to do it > > slightly more often in my root shells. It seems to motly occur when > > I'm typing ahead (due to engaging in complicated history searching > > or whatever during machine slowdowns). > > > > I'm not sure how to get further data on this; it's pretty random. > > I'd be happy to work with the maintainer or upstream people, but > > note that I'm AFK from 28 Aug 2007 to 11 Sep 2007. > > What are your history-related options? What are the values of $HISTSIZE > and $SAVEHIST ? rlpowell@chain.digitalkingdom.org> set | grep -a -i hist '*'=(notify set 'history=100' 'savehist=100') @=(notify set 'history=100' 'savehist=100') HISTCHARS='!^#' HISTCMD=6 HISTSIZE=30000 SAVEHIST=0 argv=(notify set 'history=100' 'savehist=100') histchars='!^#' history historywords Come to think of it, I may want to change SAVEHIST. I suspect my grotesquely large HISTSIZE is relevant, though. -Robin