Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 09:31:47 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>, Robert Burmeister <Robert.Burmeister@utoledo.edu> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: devel/glib20 *URGENT* ( updating glib20 to version 2.36.3 invokes bug 833117 which disables recent versions of Firefox and Thunderbird ) Message-ID: <CAN6yY1t3Z_bnGyZM-%2BZVpmUGkvrSJzM9xZSP7=A8KRJBs9nMeA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51FF4EB4.3010708@marcuscom.com> References: <51F9FCD0.5000600@UToledo.edu> <CAN6yY1vrgwtgDK_xN_Jc8GHXzQR=qrWxw=P1tMDujynDaGn=QQ@mail.gmail.com> <51FB1B5A.90302@marcuscom.com> <CAN6yY1sCir3kN61pUsGNFcUXMb%2Bj_tsC893anzTm8jX=VRsz3A@mail.gmail.com> <51FF3002.3080809@UToledo.edu> <51FF4EB4.3010708@marcuscom.com>
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On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>wrote: > On 8/5/13 12:54 AM, Robert Burmeister wrote: > > I mention it as my FireFox 22 fails to launch as described in the bug > > report after updating glib20 to version 2.36.3. > > > > My copy of the Epiphany browser is built on libxul 17.0.7, which still > > works, as does Thunderbird 17.0.7. > > > > > > I had finish a system recompile of FreeBSD 9.2 i386 from stable and all > > my 1166 ports on July 30th. > > > > A quick update on July 31st became a problem after running > > portsnap fetch update > > portsdb -Uu > > pkgdb -u > > pkgdb -F > > > > before running > > > > portupgrade -arR > > > > as, without having a heads up from UPDATING, I stripped my pkgdb of its > > glib20 dependencies. > > A few pkgdb -L and pkgdb -F s later, and I am now able to trouble shoot > > the issue. > > Then if you can grab a backtrace in gdb when Firefox crashes, that will > help. While this message is critical, it should not trigger a termination. > > Joe > > > > > I did a portupgrade -af over the weekend, and still have the same > problem. > > > > > > On 8/3/2013 2:12 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Joe Marcus Clarke > >> <marcus@marcuscom.com <mailto:marcus@marcuscom.com>> wrote: > >> > >> On 8/1/13 9:03 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Robert Burmeister < > >> > Robert.Burmeister@utoledo.edu > >> <mailto:Robert.Burmeister@utoledo.edu>> wrote: > >> > > >> >> You do realize, updating glib20 to version 2.36.3 invokes bug > >> >> > >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/**show_bug.cgi?id=833117<; > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=833117>; > >> >> which disables recent versions of Firefox and Thunderbird? > >> >> > >> >> Might I suggest chatting with the Mozilla team about their > >> progress? > >> >> > >> > > >> > Can anyone confirm that this impacts FreeBSD? Since the issue > >> seems to be > >> > with the memory allocator in Linux, I am not at all certain that > >> it applies > >> > to FreeBSD. Things like that are often very OS specific. Even on > >> Linux some > >> > people are not seeing it. > >> > > >> > >> Yes, the bug affects FreeBSD in that I see the assertion: > >> > >> (process:15045): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion > >> `sys_page_size == 0' failed > >> > >> However, Firefox starts and seems to work normally for me after > that. > >> > >> I think the problem is actually > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/1179554 as > >> described in the bug above. In this case, it does look very > >> Linux-specific. > >> > >> Thanks, Joe. I have installed the new glib and updated all of the > >> dependencies (about 400 of them including libreoffice) and everything > >> seem to be working fine including firefox and thunderbird. I do get > >> the error, but almost everything runs as it should. > >> > >> I can't get multimedia/handbrake to build, but I doubt that it is > >> related to the glib change. I've not really looked at the problem yet. > Any system info that might be involved would also help. uname -a, /etc/make/conf, /etc/src.conf, config changes from GENERIC, loader and sysctl mods. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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