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Re: git-http-fetch failure/segfault -- alas no patch

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NHNick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
Date
Jan 31, 2006, 17:58 UTC
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<20060131175813.GD3873@reactrix.com>
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<17374.30792.548889.344768@metalzone.distorted.org.uk>
On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 08:34:16PM +0000, Mark Wooding wrote:
> run_active_slot.  As far as I can make out, the slot used to collect
> .../info/packs is being /reused/ by fill_active_slots (called by
> step_active_slots) before fetch_indices is returned to.

Good catch, there were a couple of places where slot result data could be processed after the slot had been reused, with rather unpredictable results.

There's a patch on the way after a bit more testing.
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