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Date:      Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:02:31 -0600
From:      "Richard Seaman, Jr." <dick@tar.com>
To:        Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org>
Cc:        Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, Andrew Gordon <arg@arg1.demon.co.uk>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Subject:   Re: 4.0-Current, netscape halts system
Message-ID:  <19990127100231.A421@tar.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901271018500.1310-100000@janus.syracuse.net>; from Brian Feldman on Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 10:20:14AM -0500
References:  <74560.917435435@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901271018500.1310-100000@janus.syracuse.net>

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On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 10:20:14AM -0500, Brian Feldman wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> > 
> > I still don't think we're getting any closer to the question "Why is
> > Netscape unstable on CURRENT when it worked fine for me on STABLE?" The
> > problem seems to be that those who know enough to offer a useful answer
> > don't seem to be seeing the instability reported.
> > 
> > So if this thread isn't going to be dropped, the focus should probably
> > be shifted to "What information should we request from people who have
> > this problem?"
> > 
> > Ciao,
> > Sheldon.
> 
> If you have Netscape problems, it would be worthwhile to try removing
> -DVM_STACK from src/sys/compile/BLAH/Makefile and doing a make clean all
> install. I am pretty certain this is the cause of Netscape crashing, at least
> on startup...

Anything is possible.  FWIW, though, I've been running with -DVM_STACK 
enabled for over a month, and I use Netscape 4.5 everyday, and never had 
a problem.  

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