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From: Test Person <test@gmtunx.ee.uct.ac.za>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: inn-1.5.1, FBSD 2.2.0, corrupt active file
Date: 14 Jun 1997 11:47:37 GMT
Organization: University of Cape Town
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Hi, 

I've been using inn-1.5.1 with only a few newsgroups (about 5), and I 
notice that my active file gets corrupted (a whole lot of junk gets 
appended to the end some time while innd is running).  I recompiled
using READ rather than MMAP, and the problem is gone.  I was wondering
if this was a bug or merely a feature of mmap.  If it's a bug, I was 
wondering if it works normally under 2.2.1 or 2.2.2.  The machine 
I'm running this on has no scsi drive or adapter - just 2 ide disks.

Thanks

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