Re: Named exiting due to assertion failure

[Brian Candler <B.Candler at pobox.com>]

On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 08:43:06AM +0100, Jose Pereira Van-Dunem wrote:
> I am running Red Hat Linux 7.2.
> I have installed  the BIND 9.2.1  package. After that, at least 5 times a
> day, the Named exit due to assertion failure!
> In the /var/log/messages file i can read the following error message:
> 
> task.c:395: REQUIRE((((task) != ((void *)0)) && (((const isc__magic_t
> *)(task))-
> >magic == ((('T') << 24 | ('A') << 16 | ('S') << 8 | ('K')))))) failed
> Jun 16 07:53:02 leopard named[30712]: exiting (due to assertion failure)

You are not alone. A quick search of the archives at www.isc.org finds:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bind9-users&m=101766924603879&w=2
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bind9-users&m=101765494426329&w=2

Unfortunately following the list threads doesn't seem to show any
resolution.

If you don't have any particular need for 9.2.1 features then you could go
back to 8.3.1.

B.

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