On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, S�ren Neigaard wrote: > Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:44:57 +0200 > From: S�ren Neigaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Bus error (core dumped) when running pkg_add > > If I try to run pkg_add on either a tbz file, tgz file or without > specifying any file, it core dumps. Here is the message: > > Bus error (core dumped) > Sep 27 21:41:06 neigaard /kernel: pid 110 (pkg_add), uid 0: exited on > signal 10 > (core dumped) > > What is this, is it a hardware error? I dont seem to have any other > problems, and I have just installed this 4.6.2 on this machine without > any problems. > > Please help, I don't know what to do. >
Since no-one jumped in on this... A bus error is similar to a segfault, I believe. It means an app tried to access some memory outside it's accessible range or tried to access an array element outside the array's dimensions - something of that sort. I believe a 'bus' error means accessing a stack frame not owned by the app, or a bad access inside an owned stack frame? The pkg_* tools are pretty widely used and tested. This being the case I'd guess this may be a hardware error, possibly bad RAM? This is speculation at best. Possibly re-compile pkg_add with debug support and run it in a debugger or try some different memory? Which FBSD version are you runnnig? Arent there issues with the pkg_* tools and the tbz/tgz file types at the moment? Dunno, maybe you found a bug ? ;-) Good luck! JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
