8.2.2-REL dying

[Mark_Andrews at iengines.com]

> My 8.2.2-REL has died a twice in the last two days. No core file and no log
> messages. By looking at what I could find in the log I have found the
> repeatable circumstances, but have not looked at the code at all.
> 
> Environment: Solaris (sparc) 2.5.1; compiled with gcc 2.7.2.3 with
> default options.
> 
> If I do an ndc reload when nothing has changed the server logs this
> 
> Oct 27 23:12:35 interval named[7468]: reloading nameserver
> Oct 27 23:12:35 interval named[7468]: Forwarding source address is
> [0.0.0.0].49\
> 582
> Oct 27 23:12:35 interval named[7468]: Ready to answer queries.
> 
> and then disappears. If there's something new, even just touching a zone
> file, it reloads the zone, sends NOTIFYs and does not die.
> 
> Richard
> 
> p.s. Just tried the same on SunOS 4.1.2 and Linux RH 6.0 and it works fine
> there.
> 
	Attach a debugger to the process and try a plain reload again.

	e.g.
	    Window 1:
		gdb/dbx <namedpath> <pid>
		cont

	    Window 2:
		ndc reload

	Mark
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