> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 31 23:59:53 2002
> From: Bernd Felsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: LPRng: Build problems LPRng 3.8.9 on Solaris 2.6 - all segfault
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 14:57:10 +0800 (WST)
>
> Patrick Powell tapped away at the keyboard with:
> >> From: Bernd Felsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Patrick Powell tapped away at the keyboard with:
> >>>> From: Bernd Felsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >>>> I'm wondering if anybody else has had problems building LPRng 3.8.9
> >>>> on Solaris 2.6 with segmentation faults.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm using gcc 2.95 with everything appearing to make successfully.
> >>>> Unfortunately, every compiled program (even checkit) produces a
> >>>> segmentation fault very early on, shorly after opening the locale
> >>>> and /dev/zero according to truss. So it appears to be very early
> >>>> in execution, possibly before main() Where to now?
>
> [snip]
>
> >>> Can you get a core dump of this?
> >>>
> >>> a) chmod 755 the (for the sake of argument) checkit
> >>> b) run checkit AS A USER, it should core dump in the current directory
> >>> c) run gdb and find out where it dies
>
> >> yep... it core dumps -- about 200kb. You want one?
>
> > OK, then do the following:
> >
> > cd /...LPRng/src/
> >
> > checkpc ... get core dump
> >
> > gdb check checkpc.core
>
> >>> where
>
> > And this will produce a stack trace telling where the
> > cause of hte problem was.
> >
> > Can you send me the stack trace?
>
> No more.... I logged back in again this a.m. and rebuilt it very,
> very carefully. It appears to be built correctly now.
>
> Changes made were
> Solaris patched with all recommended patches
> gcc2.9.3 re-compiled with gcc2.8.1 (initially)
> PATH set to put the newly-built gcc in front; EXCLUDED /usr/ucb
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ umm... this may cause problems if you do not use
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the ranlib stuff. I try hard but I ran into problems
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ if the libraries are not processed by Solaris ranlib
> Library path set in env to include the one for gcc
> In LPRng root dir;
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-setuid
> make all
> make install (as root)
>
> After that, it worked. Well, it runs. I have some configuration
> issues to solve which are a bit difficult as the printer and system
> is 60km away. It'll also give me a chance to use LPRngTool.
>
> Sorry I can't send you a core dump any more; I just kept plugging
> away, eliminating possible problem sources while I was waiting for a
> reply.
>
> BTW: There's no "ljet2" device in Ghostscript as referenced by ifhp.
Where is this referenced? I will fix it.
>
> --
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Have you considered posting this to the Journal of Irreproducible Results?
The 'Backout Effect of the Austrailian Outback' as a working title
sounds interesting.
Patrick ("Aussie jokes? Hell no. The Kiwis take care of that
quite well. So far there have been no major injuries in the
lab, but we are watching the developments with great interest.") Powell
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