Debian bug report logs - #1735 apropos(1) segfaults Package: man ; Reported by: Bill Mitchell ; 9 days old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Sun Oct 22 19:47:20 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t7Cv2-000BVvC; Sun, 22 Oct 95 19:47 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA26104 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 22 Oct 1995 19:46:54 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t7Cup-0007uaC; Mon, 23 Oct 95 02:47 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t7Cuj-0002aNC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Mon, 23 Oct 95 02:47 GMT Message-Id: Date: Mon, 23 Oct 95 02:47 GMT From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1735: apropos(1) segfaults Andrew Howell writes ("Bug#1735: apropos(1) segfaults"): > Bill Mitchell writes: > > root:/root# apropos crap > > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > root:/root# > > Script done on Sun Oct 22 18:55:58 1995 > > I've had this problem before as well, but I discovered that the man database > was screwed up and forcing it to rebuild it with mandb fixed it. Still it > shouldn't really core dump even if the database is corrupt. Then there are at least two or three bugs: 1a. The database got corrupted. 1b. The database didn't get fixed because the corruption wasn't detected, or because no appropriate action was taken. If corruption is made sufficiently rare then having it automatically un-corrupt it on demand is less necessary. This is obviously better than having it get corrupted and then be fixed. 2. `apropos' dumps core when fed a corrupted database. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1735 ; Package man . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From kryten.it.com.au!andrew Sun Oct 22 19:21:37 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t7CW9-0006FhC; Sun, 22 Oct 95 19:21 PDT Received: from kryten.it.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA25371 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 22 Oct 1995 19:14:48 -0700 Received: by kryten.it.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Mon, 23 Oct 95 10:16 WST Message-Id: From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) Subject: Re: Bug#1735: apropos(1) segfaults To: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com, debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 10:16:03 +0800 (WST) In-Reply-To: from "Bill Mitchell" at Oct 22, 95 06:58:46 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1055 Bill Mitchell writes: > PACKAGE: man > VERSION: 2.3.10-2 > > Script started on Sun Oct 22 18:55:28 1995 > root:/root# apropos inode > utime (2) - change access and/or modification times of an inode > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > root:/root# apropos cat > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > root:/root# apropos crap > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > root:/root# > Script done on Sun Oct 22 18:55:58 1995 > > mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) I've had this problem before as well, but I discovered that the man database was screwed up and forcing it to rebuild it with mandb fixed it. Still it shouldn't really core dump even if the database is corrupt. 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) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1735 ; Package man . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com!mitchell Sun Oct 22 18:59:45 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t7CAy-000B0bC; Sun, 22 Oct 95 18:59 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA23367 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 22 Oct 1995 18:59:01 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.7.1/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id UAA00282 for ; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 20:59:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by pobox.mot.com (8.7.1/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id UAA00376 for ; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 20:58:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.72.29]) by mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id SAA16544 for ; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 18:58:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mitchell@localhost) by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) id SAA12102; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 18:58:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 18:58:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Mitchell X-Sender: mitchell@bb29c To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: apropos(1) segfaults Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII PACKAGE: man VERSION: 2.3.10-2 Script started on Sun Oct 22 18:55:28 1995 root:/root# apropos inode utime (2) - change access and/or modification times of an inode Segmentation fault (core dumped) root:/root# apropos cat Segmentation fault (core dumped) root:/root# apropos crap Segmentation fault (core dumped) root:/root# Script done on Sun Oct 22 18:55:58 1995 mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Bill Mitchell : New bug report received and forwarded. 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