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>From: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden> >Subject: 20051208: LDM death on multiple platforms/multiple versions on 2005120 >Organization: UCAR/Unidata Pete, Mark, and David, Steve Emmerson (our LDM developer) just sent the following regarding the mysterious LDM failure yesterday: From address@hidden Thu Dec 8 11: 44:34 2005 Amazing! The product-queue module contains a bad assert() that's activated if the first four bytes of the MD5 checksum of a data-product (the data-product's signature) are all zeros. In order for this to occur, the LDM package must also have been compiled with assertions enabled (which is not the default). Apparently, this is the first such occurrence in eleven years. I've removed the offending assertion and will make a new release when I return. Regards, Steve Emmerson Two things: - a new version of the LDM will be cut when Steve returns - if you build your LDM with assertions turned on, please turn them off and rebuild/install Cheers, Tom -- NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.