Debian Bug report logs - #16929
eftest doesn't work right on sparc-linux

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us (Mark W. Eichin)

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: eftest doesn't work right on sparc-linux

Date: 10 Jan 1998 02:54:48 -0500

package: electric-fence
version: 2.0.5-4

in eftest.c, there are two tests that are actually supposed to
segfault, read1 and read1Minus.  As run normally, eftest runs through
all of the tests and hangs in read1Minus.  If I comment out the read1
test from the diag array, read1Minus (and everything else) completes
fine.  I understand this to imply a bug in the test case itself
regarding signal handling, or perhaps something that just needs to be
changed for glibc 2.1 (well, 2.0.90 that we're using) but it looked
portable enough at first glance.  (I patched around the test and
uploaded it anyway, but thought I should record what happenned...)

Message #10 received at 16929@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>

To: eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us

Cc: 16929@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Electric-fence bug #16929

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:37:21 +0100 (BST)

Hi,

Can you check whether this bug still occurs with the latest version of
electric-fence, please?

Thanks,

Matthew Vernon
(new maintainer of electric-fence)	

Message #15 received at 16929@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Peter Maydell <maydell@tao-group.com>

To: 16929@bugs.debian.org

Subject: can't reproduce bug 16929 (eftest not working on sparclinux)

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:43:06 +0000

Matthew Vernon wrote:
Mark Eichin wrote:
>>in eftest.c, there are two tests that are actually supposed to
>>segfault, read1 and read1Minus.  As run normally, eftest runs through
>>all of the tests and hangs in read1Minus. 
>
>Can you check whether this bug still occurs with the latest version 
>of electric-fence, please?

I don't know about Mark, but I can't reproduce the bug on this
Sparc IPX running the latest Debian unstable. 
The tests are run as part of the debian/rules build process, right?
I get
        Electric Fence confidence test PASSED.
and eftest runs fine from the command line.

This is for electric-fence 2.1.2.

OTOH, I don't get a hang building 2.0.5, either, which suggests that
the problem is not necessarily electric-fence itself. It might 
be a libc thing...

hope this helps
Peter Maydell

Message #20 received at 16929-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matthew Vernon <matthew@sel.cam.ac.uk>

To: Peter Maydell <maydell@tao-group.com>, 16929-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#16929: can't reproduce bug 16929 (eftest not working on sparclinux)

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 13:58:54 +0000 (GMT)

Peter Maydell writes:
 > Matthew Vernon wrote:
 > Mark Eichin wrote:
 > >>in eftest.c, there are two tests that are actually supposed to
 > >>segfault, read1 and read1Minus.  As run normally, eftest runs through
 > >>all of the tests and hangs in read1Minus. 
 > >
 > >Can you check whether this bug still occurs with the latest version 
 > >of electric-fence, please?
 > 
 > I don't know about Mark, but I can't reproduce the bug on this
 > Sparc IPX running the latest Debian unstable. 
 > The tests are run as part of the debian/rules build process, right?

Yes

 > I get
 >         Electric Fence confidence test PASSED.
 > and eftest runs fine from the command line.
 > 
 > This is for electric-fence 2.1.2.

Great - I've mailed sparc people a couple of times, and no-one has
claimed to be able to reproduce this bug, so I'm closing it.

Thanks,

Matthew

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