Berger, Daniel
2/10/2006 4:42:00 PM
Dominic Marks wrote:
> --
> require 'net/imap'
>
> imap = Net::IMAP.new('localhost', 993, true)
> imap.authenticate('LOGIN','dom','mypassword')
> imap.examine('INBOX')
> imap.search(['SINCE','01-Jan-2000']).each do |msg_id|
> puts msg_id
> imap.fetch(msg_id, 'ENVELOPE')[0].attr['ENVELOPE']
> end
> --
>
> This code will cause Ruby to core dump with a bus error after a number
> of fetches. The number is not constant. Garbage collector acting up, or
> am I at fault?
No, it's a bug, either in one of the included packages (socket, monitor,
digest/md5 or openssl) or a bug in Ruby itself. If I were a betting man, I'd
bet on monitor (synchronize), but that's a guess.
Which version of Ruby, btw? The Changelog indicates that there were a few
touchups since 1.8.2.
Regards,
Dan