[Freeciv-Dev] Freeciv 1.8.0 spinlock

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This sequence will cause the server to lock eating CPU:

erwin ~$ civserver
This is the server for Freeciv version 1.8.0
You can learn a lot about Freeciv at http://www.freeciv.org
1: Now accepting new client connections

Get a list of the available commands with 'h'.
> create foo
1: foo[ai-player] has joined the game.
> create bar
1: bar[ai-player] has joined the game.
> set generator 2
> s
starting game.
> 1: Loading rulesets
1: AI is controlling the Greeks ruled by foo
1: AI is controlling the Babylonians ruled by bar

At this point it is locked.

System info:

erwin ~$ uname -a
Linux erwin 2.2.3 #1 Mon Mar 15 20:33:52 CST 1999 alpha unknown
Versions of the packages freeciv depends on:
ii  libc6.1         2.0.7.19981211 GNU C Library: shared libraries
ii  xlib6g          3.3.2.3a-11    shared libraries required by X clients
ii  xpm4g           3.4j-0.6       X Pixmap libraries (for libc6) - runtime

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John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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