[Fink-users] Segmentation Fault Issues

[DaveAxler]

I've been using Fink, both directly in the terminal and via Fink Commander, for about a year now. In the last two weeks, I have seen an increasing number of modules -- currently including the latest release of Fink itself, plus Bison, LibXML, and several others -- fail to install properly with "segmentation fault" errors. These tend to appear during the execution of an install command in the make file.

Here's an example of the situation:
fink
/bin/rm -rf fink-0.17.1-1
/bin/mkdir -p /sw/src/fink-0.17.1-1
gzip -dc /sw/src/fink-0.17.1.tar.gz | /sw/bin/tar -xf -
/var/tmp/tmp.1.lPaq4C
Creating fink...
Creating fink-virtual-pkgs...
Creating pathsetup.command...
Creating FinkVersion.pm...
Creating man page...
Creating shlibs default file...
Creating postinstall script...
/bin/rm -rf /sw/src/root-fink-0.17.1-1
/bin/mkdir -p /sw/src/root-fink-0.17.1-1/sw
/bin/mkdir -p /sw/src/root-fink-0.17.1-1/DEBIAN
./install.sh /sw/src/root-fink-0.17.1-1/sw
Creating directories...
./install.sh: line 36:   702 Segmentation fault      mkdir -p "$basepath"
### execution of ./install.sh failed, exit code 139
Failed: installing fink-0.17.1-1 failed

I've reviewed the archives for both this list and Fink-Beginners, and have found very little that deals with this problem. My general impression is that some item(s) on which the make/compile/install process requires a recompilation, but I see no clear indication as to what item(s) are involved. The one specific solution I saw required editing the make file prior to compilation, but that solution was for a module that I don't use, and it didn't seem to be easily generalized.

I am looking here for a general solution, rather than one which would involve special actions for each "problem" module. Can anyone offer thoughts or suggestions?

Regards,
Dave Axler