Hi,

I think it is time that a volunteer walks by the many assert messages
and checks if it would help to instead:

- print part of the FAQ
- and then gracefully exit.

The "BUG" below is clearly a case of this.

- Peter -
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Full_Name: Sven Anders
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11:57:02 /var/cache/coda/log setup for size 0x87645
11:57:02 /var/cache/coda/data initialized at size 0x21d914
11:57:02 brain-wiping recoverable store
11:57:02 loading recoverable store
11:57:02 fatal error -- CommInit: no bootstrap server

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x8089bf3 in lrdb::print (this=0x0, fd=4) at local_subtree.cc:692
692         fdprint(fd, "repair_session_tid = %d\n", repair_session_tid);
(gdb) print repair_session_tid
Cannot access memory at address 0x40.
(gdb) print this
$1 = (lrdb *) 0x0
(gdb) bt
#0  0x8089bf3 in lrdb::print (this=0x0, fd=4) at local_subtree.cc:692
#1  0x8095ab6 in VenusPrint (fd=4, argc=1, argv=0xbffff238) at venusutil.cc:310
#2  0x80978c0 in DumpState () at venusutil.cc:244
#3  0x80953e6 in choke (file=0x812f99b "comm.cc", line=227, 
    fmt=0x812f9c0 "CommInit: no bootstrap server") at venusutil.cc:210
#4  0x804f806 in CommInit () at comm.cc:227
#5  0x8097cbb in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff4e4) at venus.cc:169
(gdb)