Package: check Version: 0.9.8-1 Severity: normal I had check-0.9.6 installed in /usr/local and in /usr (via deb package). Now that I updated to check-0.9.8, one of my tests suddenly started to hang/crash.
It turns out that it was including the header from check-0.9.6 (/usr/local), and linking to the lib in /usr/lib. Since 0.9.8 was just a micro release I didn't expect incompatibilities. Attached is a testcase: a test compiled with check.h from 0.9.6, and linked to 0.9.8. When run it hangs, because check continues to run the loop test with indices beyond its limit. Depending on the test this just causes an infinite loop, or a crash. I think there should be a warning that 0.9.8 is not ABI compatible, and you should always check for version compatibility (by comparing the version defined in the header with the one from the global vars). -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.4 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages check depends on: ii dpkg 1.15.5.6 Debian package management system ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in check recommends no packages. check suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
