Package: libc6.1 Version: 2.3.2.ds1-10.0.1 Severity: normal Tags: sid patch
I noticed that I can no longer load a directory via dired. The root-cause of the problem appears to be that Emacs uses setrlimit() to set RLIMIT_STACK. This limit won't be page-size-aligned in general. As a result, whenever Emacs ends up spawning a subprocess for an executable that uses NPTL, the subprocess fails with an error like this: init.c:259: __pthread_initialize_minimal_internal: Assertion `__default_stacksize % __sysconf (_SC_PAGESIZE) == 0' failed. A workaround is to start Emacs with LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.18. The proper fix is already in the CVS libc and consists of these two patches: http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/nptl/init.c.diff?r1=1.42&r2=1.43&cvsroot=glibc http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/nptl/init.c.diff?r1=1.40&r2=1.41&cvsroot=glibc I'd appreciate if these patches could be incorported into the Debian libc package, so that Emacs is more usable again. Note: I originally reported this problem for Emacs (see bug #224344), but it is clear now that this is really a libc problem. Thanks, --david -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: ia64 Kernel: Linux wailua.hpl.hp.com 2.6.0 #121 Fri Dec 19 10:37:07 PST 2003 ia64 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages libc6.1 depends on: ii libdb1-compat 2.1.3-7 The Berkeley database routines [gl -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
