Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 04:53:08 +0200 From: Piet Delport <siberiyan@mweb.co.za> To: Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se> Cc: kris@obsecurity.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mergemaster goes postal Message-ID: <20010921045308.A3730@athalon> In-Reply-To: <200109202204.f8KM46164364@explorer.rsa.com> References: <"from <20010920115210.B75316@xor.obsecurity.org> <200109202204.f8KM46164364@explorer.rsa.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 at 15:04:06 -0700, Mikko Tyolajarvi wrote: > In local.freebsd.stable you write: > >WTF does CPUTYPE have to do with a shell script? > > It looks like bug #24443, which depends on the content of the current > stack frame. Thus small changes in input or compiler options may > change the symptoms, or make the bug "go away". > > PR 24443 was recently fixed and committed to stable. It looks like it > also fixes my -STABLE system (at least rebuilding /bin/sh with the > patch makes MAKEDEV behave again). > > Now, all that is missing is some clueful scrutiny by a committer, > followed by an MFC :^) Just thought i'd add that the patch described in PR 24443 works here too. Just in case anyone's remotely interested, the symptoms here where: CPUTYPE=i686: breaks CPUTYPE=k7: works no CPUTYPE=: works After the patch: CPUTYPE=i686: works CPUTYPE=k7: works no CPUTYPE=: not tested The error message from MAKEDEV all was: | MAKEDEV: arith: syntax error: à… †È…à…é…ë…î… †" | | bad node: mknod i4bteld1 -- Piet Delport <siberiyan@mweb.co.za> Today's subliminal thought is: [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE7qquUzRUP82sZFCcRAlIXAKCbBZDTEf3YZahTkSPVCepml8cBagCfRmSb aUBA3bW47yR8ImELzpTwD/g= =/yk3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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