Debian bug report logs - #1278 dpkg seg faults with NIS Package: libc? NIS? ; Reported by: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell); 68 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `libc? NIS?'. Request was from iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Thu Aug 31 07:01:28 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0soABM-000EbBC; Thu, 31 Aug 95 07:01 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA08289 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 31 Aug 1995 07:01:14 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0soA9q-000C0hC; Thu, 31 Aug 95 14:59 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 31 Aug 95 13:08 BST Message-Id: Date: Thu, 31 Aug 95 13:08 BST From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1278: dpkg seg faults with NIS Andrew Howell writes ("Bug#1278: dpkg seg faults with NIS"): > Package: dpkg > Version: 0.93.70 > > When trying to install anything with dpkg it seg faults after unpacking > the files. I straced it and it seems to die when closing a socket to > the ypserv. Not sure why it was doing this :) It happens with .67 as > well. > > We're using a 1.2.13 kernel and NIS, the machine it dies on is the > NIS server actually. This is almost certainly a NIS problem rather than a dpkg problem. Please could the NIS or libc maintainer, as appropriate, investigate. (dpkg never explicitly does anything with NIS; however, it does call getpwnam &c.) Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1278 ; Package dpkg . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From kryten.it.com.au!andrew Thu Aug 24 06:13:09 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0slc5l-0002s7C; Thu, 24 Aug 95 06:13 PDT Received: from kryten.it.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA29804 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 24 Aug 1995 06:12:44 -0700 Received: by kryten.it.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 24 Aug 95 21:12 WST Message-Id: From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) Subject: dpkg seg faults with NIS To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 21:12:33 +0800 (WST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 777 Package: dpkg Version: 0.93.70 When trying to install anything with dpkg it seg faults after unpacking the files. I straced it and it seems to die when closing a socket to the ypserv. Not sure why it was doing this :) It happens with .67 as well. We're using a 1.2.13 kernel and NIS, the machine it dies on is the NIS server actually. Andrew ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night! -- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day' Andrew Howell andrew@it.com.au Perth, Western Australia howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1278 ; Package dpkg . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov