Description of problem: ppmpat is dumping core so frequently that in order to weed it out and examine other coredumps in the directory I've taken to using file core* |grep ppmpat |cut -d: -f1 |xargs rm in order to delete them all. I do not know which component is calling ppmpat to cause the coredumps. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): $ rpm -q netpbm-progs netpbm-progs-10.35.32-2.fc8 (ppmpat is part of netpbm-progs) 8:32pm {8} localhost:/home/scott.g>$ rpm -q netpbm netpbm-10.35.32-2.fc8 How reproducible: constantly Steps to Reproduce: 1. hang around and wait, and do stuff. I honestly don't know what's calling ppmpat in order to generate all of these things. 2. 3. Actual results: 8:33pm {10} localhost:/home/scott.g>$ file core* core.10158: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.10258: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.10644: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.11095: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.11856: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.11874: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.11964: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.12230: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.12395: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.13774: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.16671: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.17186: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.17705: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.19696: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.20396: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' core.20484: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4- style, from 'ppmpat' 8:33pm {11} localhost:/home/scott.g>$ ll -h core* -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 13M 2008-02-10 16:31 core.10158 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 2.5M 2008-02-10 16:32 core.10258 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 308K 2008-02-10 16:33 core.10644 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 1.7M 2008-02-10 16:34 core.11095 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 1.4M 2008-02-10 16:37 core.11856 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 2.2M 2008-02-10 16:37 core.11874 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 13M 2008-02-10 16:37 core.11964 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 976K 2008-02-10 16:38 core.12230 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 13M 2008-02-10 16:39 core.12395 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 1.7M 2008-02-10 16:43 core.13774 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 2.5M 2008-02-10 14:25 core.16671 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 2.3M 2008-02-10 14:27 core.17186 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 1.8M 2008-02-10 14:28 core.17705 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 776K 2008-02-10 14:34 core.19696 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 3.9M 2008-02-10 14:37 core.20396 -rw------- 1 scott.g scott.g 604K 2008-02-10 14:37 core.20484 Expected results: "" Additional info: I will be happy to attach any or all of these corefiles for your perusal.
Created attachment 294529 [details] one of the several corefiles listed above, gzipped.
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rpm -q netpbm-progs netpbm-progs-10.35.48-1.fc8 Seems to have resolved this issue.