On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 08:39:41AM -0500, John Cronin wrote:
> > Matthew Marlowe wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > ipvsadm compiled on a RH7.0 system upgraded to 2.2.17 produces
> > > a memory leak during restores (-R). It takes about 10 minutes
> > > for a system booting up to run out of swap, then ipvsadm aborts
> > > the restore.
> >
> >
> > RedHat 7.0 is broken.
> > I don't know if this is the problem, but I wouldn't spend any time
> > looking to fix things on a known broken distribution.
> >
> > first steps are to install gcc-2.95 and a fresh kernel from ftp.kernel.org
>
> I concur. Redhat 7.0 is horribly broken - beta compiler and all.
> If you want to make it work, use Redhat 6.2 as a base.
>
> By the way, this is often true for ANY *.0 release from any vendor.
Just becuse some/a lot of vendors choose to use .0 released effectivley as
a BETA programme doesn't mean that it is the case for everyone.
--
Horms
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