mc-2006-07-12-22 bug report

[Pavel Tsekov]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Pavel Tsekov wrote:

>> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 09:14 +0200, enrico wrote:
>>> 0x080be9e0 in vfs_s_generate_entry (me=0x81043c0, name=0x81b69f0 "WA",
>>> parent=0x0, mode=493) at direntry.c:179               
>>> 179         inode = vfs_s_new_inode (me, parent->super, st); 
>> 
>> See "FIXME: check if vfs_s_find_inode returns NULL" in direntry.c.
>> Apparently, what's happening is exactly that.  Of course, it's not hard
>> to check the result and return, but it would be nice to actually make mc
>> work rather than bail out.
>> 
>> I cannot reproduce this error, so I guess you are doing something
>> unusual with the FTP server.  More details about that could be helpful.
>
> I've seen the problem in the past. I just have to find it in the archives. 
> There was a particular reason why inode becomes NULL and as far as I remember 
> the proper fix had to be applied in another place. I'll let you know when I 
> find that thread.

Here it is:

   http://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2006-February/msg00010.html

I'd like to investigate the issue properly.

Enrico, would you mind revealing further details on the the ftp server 
setup. Does your account have any specific restrictions ? What are you
trying to upload. This is necessary so we could reproduce the problem.

Thanks!