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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hello All,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>We have encountered a problem with gen_leader. All our servers died simultaneously. The bug is this:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The function lexcompare returns one of: 'equal', 'less', or 'greater'. The function safe_loop calls lexcompare when it receives a 'capture' message from a server. Unfortunately, safe_loop only handles 'less' and 'greater' in the lexcompare returned result.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Our server ran into a scenario when 'equal' was returned from lexcompare. Hence, the servers crashed.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>What should be done to fix this missing case clause problem?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks -</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>- Thomas Fee</FONT>
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