> >:Just wondering if these changes also have the side effect of fixing the
> >:nmap problem that crashes 3.x boxes ? i.e. as you wrote back on 3/4/99
> >:
> >:> The problem is a deadlock caused by the fgrep. The fgrep is mmap()ing
> >:> the file, but then it does some really weird crap when dealing with
> >:> larger files.
> >:>
> > I believe this was fixed in -current. I don't know if it was backported
> > to -stable.
>
> Unfortunately no... It can still lockup a 3.x machine.
>
This is the only thing stopping me from upgrading our production machines
to 3.1-STABLE.
Please, please, please backport these fixes!
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