module bug in 3.0.8

[Mark L. <la...@mi...>]

I am hesitant to upgrade for modules 3.* because of the many bugs (segvs) 
I have seen. Modules 2.2-beta seems to be much more stable (I have never
seen a segv).

Here's an example: I can load 'ie' and 'xdiff' independently, but if I try
loading both, it bombs out. It must be the 'xrdb -merge' command that is
the trouble maker, since I can load other modules without problem. If I
had more time, I would try to debug it, but modules 2.2beta is working
fine for us. Is there a compelling reason to switch to 3.*?

sincerely,
Mark


spark,~> module load ie
spark,~> module load xdiff
spark,~> module load ie xdiff
Segmentation fault
spark,~> module display ie xdiff
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/mips/tools/freeware/modulefiles/ie/5:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 for Unix/Solaris

The executable is called 'iexplorer'

module-whatis    Microsoft Internet Explorer, web browser 
prepend-path     PATH /mips/tools/freeware/ie5/bin 
xrdb -merge      Iexplorer*background: #c0c0c0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
/mips/tools/freeware/modulefiles/xdiff/3.4:

module-whatis    xdiff, graphical diff browser 
prepend-path     PATH /mips/tools/freeware/xdiff-3.4 
xrdb -merge      /mips/tools/freeware/xdiff-3.4/xdiff.xrdb 
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