gradsdods problem

[Jennifer Adams]

On Jan 12, 2006, at 4:15 PM, Patrice Dumas wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 04:09:30PM -0500, Jennifer Adams wrote:
>> You may have a corrupted file in your $HOME/.dods_cache/ directory.
>> Try
>> removing the whole directory and see if that helps.
>
> That's pretty annoying if a corrupted file may lead to a segfault, it
> opens
> the door for a security break... Is it a known bug of old dods
> libraries?
I don't know whether it's a known bug or even if it's the result of
'operator error' rather than software problems. All I know is that now
and then clearing the local cache can resolve problems that other
troubleshooting protocols don't fix.

Jennifer

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