Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:25:06 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Buildworld failure in libmagic on old system Message-ID: <20070311052506.GD79728@cdnetworks.co.kr> In-Reply-To: <20070311050911.GA51899@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <1173567721.64488.19.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <20070310232353.GA57287@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070311032426.GA79728@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20070311034741.GA34962@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070311045407.GB79728@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20070311050911.GA51899@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 12:09:11AM -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 01:54:07PM +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 10:47:41PM -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 12:24:26PM +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 06:23:53PM -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 11:02:01PM +0000, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been seeing a build failure on sparc64 for a while on one of my > > > > > > machines, last built Thu Dec 8 13:52:22 GMT 2005 (yes, I know it's > > > > > > old!), where it looks like there's some issue with which version of libc > > > > > > gets used. I've been trying to upgrade this every two months or so > > > > > > since then, without success, so it's time to report it! > > > > > > > > > > > > Full compile log at http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~ga9/build-20070309.txt > > > > > > > > > > > > I suspect a libc issue because of the following: > > > > > > > > > > > > leeloo# pwd > > > > > > /usr/obj/usr/src/lib/libmagic > > > > > > leeloo# ./mkmagic magic > > > > > > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > > > > > leeloo# echo $LD_PRELOAD > > > > > > LD_PRELOAD: Undefined variable. > > > > > > leeloo# setenv LD_PRELOAD /usr/obj/usr/src/lib/libc/libc.so.7 > > > > > > leeloo# echo $LD_PRELOAD > > > > > > /usr/obj/usr/src/lib/libc/libc.so.7 > > > > > > leeloo# ./mkmagic magic > > > > > > leeloo# > > > > > > > > > > > > Is this something which should be fixed in the source? I'm sure setting > > > > > > the OSRELDATE=0 hack to tell it the world that is installed is "really > > > > > > old" may well fix it, and I'm happy to do that, I'm just wondering if > > > > > > something is not being rebuilt somewhere where it should be? > > > > > > > > > > > > There is one Google hit with a similar problem - > > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/2006-June/004159.html > > > > > > - which is a tinderbox failure in June 2006. I'm pretty sure I first > > > > > > saw the problem before that (although I could be wrong). I also can't > > > > > > seem to see any commit that would have got the tinderbox working. > > > > > > > > > > There is a malloc error in that code which causes it to segfault when > > > > > MALLOC_OPTIONS=AJ. Not doing this is the workaround, but someone > > > > > should track down and fix it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Long time ago I've encountered the same problem on sparc64 and I posted > > > > possible fix to CURRENT. However I didn't receive any comments form > > > > obrien@ since then. See the follow thread and posted patch. > > > > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2006-August/065115.html > > > > > > FYI the problem is not really sparc64 but also manifests during > > > e.g. 6.x -> 7.0 upgrades on i386. > > > > > > Did you submit the fix to the author? If so and they approved it, you > > > can just import the fix. > > > > > > > I guess I submitted the patch to the auther too but I didn't > > received any reply either. > > Can you follow up? > In these days I have little time to focus on FreeBSD work due to paid work so I wouldn't be appropriate person to follow up. Hope I'll have more spare time in near future. > Kris -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon
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