Hello, Here is a cute bug that has existed for a little while in file.c . Ruby = will tend to crash when File.readlink() is called on a symlink with a = long target. Fix: --- - 2013-11-25 22:10:59.694183795 -0700 +++ file.c 2013-11-25 22:10:03.076352889 -0700 @@ -2529,8 +2529,8 @@ || (rv < 0 && errno =3D=3D ERANGE) /* quirky behavior of = GPFS */ #endif ) { - rb_str_modify_expand(v, size); size *=3D 2; + rb_str_modify_expand(v, size); } if (rv < 0) { rb_str_resize(v, 0); Maciek Nowacki Application Support Analyst Information Services & Technology University of Alberta