Subject: checkpoint failure

From: nina <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 11:06:12 +0800

Hi,
I am using Pine 4.05L.  I got this error message when it tried to 
expunge the deleted messages.
                             "Checkpoint File Failure: Bad Address"

As a result, I couldn't delete the messages.
May I know what does this mean? How can I fix it?

Thanx in advance for any pointers.

-Nina

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From: Erik Parker <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:40:58 -0500 (CDT)

I don't have an answer for you.. It's not able to rewrite your mailbox file..
im assuming you're using unix (I dont know what the L in 4.05 means).. The
only place i see that error generated (It's os specific) is in the
unix_rewrite function.

I'm sure there is an easy answer, like it can't lock your mailbox or
something.. but I don't know it.

EFAULT (BSD Socket, STREAMS): Bad address or the address is not specified or
is invalid.

Someone else probably has the simple answer, i'd run it with truss or strace
and just see what the problem is.

Is there anything in the .pine-debug files?

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Erik Parker
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> nina ([email-masked]) composed today:

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From: Alessandro Selli <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:54:56 +0200 (CEST)

Il giorno Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Erik Parker così ha scritto:

|From: Erik Parker <[email-masked]>
|To: Pine Discussion Forum <[email-masked]>
|Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:40:58 -0500
|Subject: Re: checkpoint failure
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|I don't have an answer for you.. It's not able to rewrite your mailbox file..
|im assuming you're using unix (I dont know what the L in 4.05 means)..

  "L" stands for "local".  The pine beeing used was built from locally
modified sources of the official pine distribution.
  I can only think of a filesystem inconsistency.  If all checks fail, maybe
updating from 4.05 to the latest version (4.44) ... what do the local hacks
consist of?

  Sandro

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