On 1/31/06, Nischitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > Can any one please explain me what are these panic error message. When will > they be generated. > > 1. Is it generated due to system level error > 2. Or is it generated due to user level coding. > > regards > Nischitha >
Either. The most common source of panics is poorly written regex code that devours resources in an infinite loop. Someimtes this is exacerbated buy conditons in the RE engine itself on certain platforms. Perl 5.8.3, in particular, seems to have problematic on Linux. There are also occasional bugs both in the core and in modules--particularly XS modules--that can cause panics under rare circumstances, and some Linux vendors have been known to alter the code before packaging as rpm and introduce panic conditions. Red Hat is the most notorious. Some OSes (i.e. OpenBSD; other are probably beginning to follow suit) have also changed the way malloc functions that might potentially cause panics under certain conditions. It's difficult to know more, though, without 1) the actual error, 2) the code that's causing the error, and 3) more information about your OS and Perl version. Your best bet will be to look at the perl5-porters list for infor on your OS. HTH, -- jay -------------------------------------------------- This email and attachment(s): [ ] blogable; [ x ] ask first; [ ] private and confidential daggerquill [at] gmail [dot] com http://www.tuaw.com http://www.dpguru.com http://www.engatiki.org values of β will give rise to dom!
