ftree - seg/fault -

[Bill Davidsen]

Bob Goodwin wrote:
> 
> I've been keeping genealogy records in "ftree" for some time but it will 
> not run in F-10 it seems.
> 
> I can install the RPM [not available in yum]:
> 
>    [root at box9 bobg]# rpm -Uvh /home/bobg/apps/ftree-2.0-1-static.i386.rpm
>    Preparing...                  
> ########################################### [100%]
>       1:ftree                    
> ########################################### [100%]
> 
> But when I try to run it I get an error:
> 
>    [bobg at box9 ~]$ ftree
>    Segmentation fault
> 
> Just thought I would ask on the chance someone might know what to do 
> other than run it on a different distribution.
> 
As someone who has heavily invested in KVM technology, I can tell you that if 
the software isn't still actively supported, and you have the hardware to run 
KVM (or VMware) you might find that keeping a nice stable VM around to run that 
application is a good thing. You can let the host stay up to date with security.

I assume there isn't a newer ftree around?

> I installed "gramps" and it works but will not accept the ftree.ged 
> files which contain later information that I need to keep.  Some earlier 
> files work but do not contain the latest data I've entered.
> 
Is there some way you can check that the files don't have some obscure 
corruption which causes the problem? Another machine in which you can run the 
application, perhaps?

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