Hi Paul, On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 09:07:11AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > Any help would be really appreciated. > > Looking at the build logs, even the architectures that succeeded are > getting the warning about X11. So that is completely unrelated and the > issue is the segfault not the xvfb stuff. Someone need to run the > crashing program under gdb and debug the crash. > > https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=r-cran-treescape&arch=arm64&ver=1.10.18-1&stamp=1481535210
Ahhh, you are right. > If you can't find someone to help out, the only option to solve the RC > bug is removal from those architectures: > > https://wiki.debian.org/ftpmaster_Removals While amd64 is most probably the main target architecture it would be a shame to loose i386 and there might be some hidden problem which in the end also affects amd64. So I did not yet considered this last resort and hope for some help from people who are more confident with gdb debugging than I am (Ive read here frequently some phrases like "10 minutes of gdb debugging" but I'm afraid it would take me 10 hours - I'd happily join a "Gdb for Debian maintainers" workshop at Debconf, thought. > Also, you build-depend on xvfb but I can't see it being used at all in > the build log nor the packaging: > > https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=package%3Ar-cran-treescape+xvfb Well, adding xvfb was the usual trick to cope with "unable to open X11 display" messages and thus I added it ... Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de