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harlekin

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-07-13

Posts: 408

pacman 3.0.0: random(?) segfaults

Hello.
I've just tried to install some packages but they seem to cause random segmentation faults on pacman.

I mostly could install the packages anyway after issuing pacman -Scc and trying to install them again so I cannot reproduce the error.

When trying to install blender (+ its dependencies) I get this error every time I try to install it. Even pacman -Scc and reinstalling seems not to work:

# pacman -S blender
Löse Abhängigkeiten auf... fertig.
Suche nach Zwischen-Konflikten... fertig.

Pakete: fltk-1.1.7-2  openexr-1.4.0a-2  blender-2.43-3  

Gesamte Paketgröße                     : 8,87 MB

Installation fortsetzen? [J/n] 
:: Empfange Pakete von extra...
Internal pacman error: Segmentation faults 00:00:06 [##########################-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------]  21%
Please submit a full bug report, with the given package if appropriate.

But I think this is not enough information for a bug report, isn't it?

How can I provide more information?

As a matter of completeness:
I am using arch 86_64 and this mirror:
ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/suns … /os/x86_64

Last edited by harlekin (2007-04-04 15:06:31)

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STiAT

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From: Vienna, Austria

Registered: 2004-12-23

Posts: 606

Re: pacman 3.0.0: random(?) segfaults

As i know, pacman has a logfile now, located in /var/log/pacman.log. Maybe you need to enable debugging for proper information.

Kind regards,
STi

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Pierre

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Registered: 2004-07-05

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Re: pacman 3.0.0: random(?) segfaults

It might help if you run pacman with --debug and LANG=en_EN.utf8:
"LANG=en_EN.utf8 pacman --debug -S blender"

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harlekin

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-07-13

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Re: pacman 3.0.0: random(?) segfaults

Thanks! I finally got this:

Debug output from pacman:

echo "Y" | LANG=en_EN.utf8 pacman --debug -S blender  &> debug

file:debug

The log file says nothing about the installation of blender.

Well... I think the debug output isn't enough as well.

Any further advices? (:

Last edited by harlekin (2007-04-04 17:00:20)

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toofishes

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From: Chicago, IL

Registered: 2006-06-06

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Re: pacman 3.0.0: random(?) segfaults

Try a different mirror, perhaps, although this will need further investigation.

By the way, en_EN won't be valid, but you can just use LANG=C for the same result.

phrakture

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Registered: 2003-10-29

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Re: pacman 3.0.0: random(?) segfaults

This still looks like the good old SIGPIPE issue.  For completeness, what version of libdownload do you have?

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cactus

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Re: pacman 3.0.0: random(?) segfaults

maybe a problem with libdownload?
Looks like it dumps right after connecting to the ftp site.

EDIT: Damn. phrakture beat me..

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harlekin

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-07-13

Posts: 408

Re: pacman 3.0.0: random(?) segfaults

My libdownload version is 1.1-1.

I just used another server and now it seems to work fine. Though this should be fixed. If I can help providing further information, please let me know.

Last edited by harlekin (2007-04-05 14:00:02)

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