Re: Weird irreproducible error

[Steve Heller <steve@...>]

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:11:14 -0400, Ralph Hempel
<rhempel@hempeldesigngroup.com> wrote:

>Steve Heller wrote:
>
>> We will be doing a multi-machine distributed run later this month. We
>> may need to exclude my machine if we can't figure out how to fix the
>> problem.
>
>Not to belabour the point, but fixing the problem is probably
>the least of your worries until you find out what the root cause
>of the problem is.

Of course, if we can figure it out. But we have a hard deadline on the
big run, so we have to get that done regardless.

>Interactions with other software can be VERY hard to track down, so
>using clean installs on spare machines, or VMWare virtual machines, is
>probably a great way to eliminate a bunch of possible causes...

Agreed.

Steve