[Mageia-dev] urpmi segfaults on the build system (was Re: Our BS is about to eat packages?)

[Pascal Terjan]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Olivier Blin <mageia at blino.org> wrote:
> Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> writes:
>
>>>>> Boklm found the problem, it was urpmi segfaulting.
>>
>>> After hitting the issue yesterday with the "git" package, we had a look
>>> at the issue together with pterjan.
>>> I had to merge some patches in valgrind to support the new compressed
>>> debug info first, but then valgrind spotted some interesting issues.
>>>
>>> pterjan fixed some of them, fixes are now in perl-URPM 4.12.
>>> It should help preventing "build loops" in the BS.
>>>
>>> Attached is the valgrind log with remaining issues, maybe insightful for
>>> Titi.
>>
>> jonund was seeing plenty urpmi segv's today...
>
> Yep, there is still at least one remaining issue in perl-URPM, that can
> be reproduced by just installing texlive-texmf IIRC.
>
> pterjan and tv have (probably) been discussing this off-list.
> Any news about this?

I have committed a change which should avoid it, but was interrupted
by perl breakage in cauldron
There is new perl-URPM in cauldron and 2/updates_testing, but I need
to upload a new urpmi too