[rhn-users] Problem with the New ypserv rpm

[Gary Wilson Jr]

I had similar problems with ypserv-2.13-9 and had to downgrade back to 
ypserv-2.13-5.  It seems this might have been fixed with in ypserv-2.13-11 as 
the changelog reads:

2006-03-08 22:00:00
Chris Feist <cfeist at redhat.com> 2.13-11:
- Fixed a hang in ypserv caused by a calling non-reentrant function
inside of a signal handler (bz #184405)

Here is the bug referred to in the changelog:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184405

I am going to try out ypserv-2.13-11.  I will report back my experiences.

Alberto Ferrante wrote:
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> Dear all,
> at the end of last week I updated ypserv, as suggested by one of the
> last advisories. After that I started having problems on the server. It
> seems like the new ypserv package makes portmap to crash a couple of
> minutes after its restart. Some times portmap is not crashing, but
> ypserv does (or it is, in any case, not able to reply to any request).
> After some trial I was forced to downgrade to the old ypserv package.
> I also tried to re-issue the ypinit command after the upgrade, but the
> problem were still there. The configuration files seem to be OK.
> Have anybody faced similar problems? How did manage to solve them?
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> Best regards,
> 	Alberto