When netscape is first started after plugger is installed, plugger creates a /tmp/ndebug file wrere it puts some debugging output. If the file is already exists and is not writable by user, netscape crashes with bus error. This is a security issue since creating predictable file names in /tmp without proper checking is always a bag idea. It also can be used as a sort of DOS attack agains the user. I believe that the proper solution would be to not create any files at all - there is nothing really useful there, it may be interesting to have in the debugging version of the plugin, but not in the prooduction one. Bug #11467 also describes this problem, but there the user mistakenly concluded that the bug disappeared after he upgraded to netscape 4.73. I already have netscape-communicator-4.73-1, but the problem still exists. I believe the problem "went away" for the reporter of bug #11467 simply because tmpwatch finally removed /tmp/ndebug.
OK. Fixed it. It now doesn't define DEBUG at build time. A simple Makefile fix :) If you have RPM 4.0 the fix should be available in rawhide the next time it is updated. Tim
Don't you think that it's serious enough to warrant an update for 6.2, not only a fix in Rawhide?
I'm actually working on getting an errata out for this right now, you're reading my mind :) Tim
Since the errata was released I am marking this as resolved.