Bug#348513: Segfault in Perl script (was: Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc")
On 19.01.06 Frank Küster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi all, > But the segfault should be investigated; I'm unsure whether I just > should reassign to perl - what do others think? > Well, the perl package got recently a few bugs telling that it segfaults. Is at all clear, exactly where in the script the perl script segfaults? H. -- sigmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc"
Hi Meik, hi Joshua, Meik Hellmund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why was the texdocrc file missing in the first place? Is it only installed if > perl-tk is already present? No, it's a bug in our postinst scripts. The file is under ucf control instead of dpkg's, because we have taken it over from the (vanished) texdoctk package. Up to version 3.0-11, we had many more files under ucf control, but this is no longer necessary, and instead of dropping the "many more" files, we simply dropped the whole piece of code and forgot about texdocrc. It will be fixed in the next upload; thanks for reporting. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc"
just my experience: - I had tetex-* installed, but not perl-tk - tried texdoctk and it told me to install perl-tk - installed texdoctk and it failed with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc" - found this bug and did cp /usr/share/tetex-base/texdocrc /etc/texdoctk/ - now the file is there but texdotk still fails with this error! - strace texdoctk -> texdoctk asks kpsewhich for the location of this file - mktexlsr ... now everything works fine. Why was the texdocrc file missing in the first place? Is it only installed if perl-tk is already present? Best wishes, Meik -- Meik Hellmund Institut fuer Mathematik, Uni Leipzig e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.uni-leipzig.de/~hellmund -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#348513: Segfault in Perl script (was: Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc")
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 15:25 -0500, Joshua Lee wrote: > This is really not an answer to that question, but perl-tk wasn't a > required dependency of tetex-doc in sid. I added it to the apt-get line > when I first got tetex-doc anyway - I figured I'd want it. Why should tetex-doc depend on perl-tk? The binary in question (texdoctk) is part of tetex-bin. And since this is the only binary in there using perl-tk and most people probably use tetex-bin without using texdoctk, tetex-bin only recommends perl-tk. cheerio ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#348513: Segfault in Perl script (was: Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc")
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 06:53:43PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > So the part with the missing file is nearly clear - at least I cannot > imagine how tetex could be responsible for it being deleted. But the > segfault should be investigated; I'm unsure whether I just should > reassign to perl - what do others think? This is really not an answer to that question, but perl-tk wasn't a required dependency of tetex-doc in sid. I added it to the apt-get line when I first got tetex-doc anyway - I figured I'd want it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#348513: Segfault in Perl script (was: Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc")
Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> And, most importantly, what's the output of >> >> dpkg -l perl perl-tk > > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name VersionDescription > +++-==-==-= > ii perl 5.8.7-10 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and > Report Language > ii perl-tk804.027-1.1Perl module providing the Tk graphics > library. So the part with the missing file is nearly clear - at least I cannot imagine how tetex could be responsible for it being deleted. But the segfault should be investigated; I'm unsure whether I just should reassign to perl - what do others think? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
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On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 09:12:17AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > >> But it's much easier: simply copy /usr/share/tetex-base/texdocrc to > >> /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc. > > > > Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work either. I installed it from the > > We don't understand each other. The message is still "Couldn't open > system-wide default config file texdocrc", right? And the file > /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc still does not exist? You tried > > cp /usr/share/tetex-base/texdocrc /etc/texdoctk/ Hmm, funny, it worked this time. Now it works fine. > And, most importantly, what's the output of > > dpkg -l perl perl-tk Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name VersionDescription +++-==-==-= ii perl 5.8.7-10 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language ii perl-tk804.027-1.1Perl module providing the Tk graphics library. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#348513: [SPAM?]: Bug#348513: [SPAM?]: Bug#348513: [SPAM?]: Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc"
Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 03:01:29PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: >> Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > I tried running dpkg -i --force-confmiss on the tetex-doc file in >> > /var/cache/apt/archives and that still doesn't make it work. >> >> Sorry, my fault. First of all, I forgot that we use ucf to manage >> /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc, and although this is a great workaround for some >> missing features in dpkg's conffile handling, it doesn't understand >> --force-confmiss. Second, texdocrc is in fact in the package >> tetex-base. >> >> But it's much easier: simply copy /usr/share/tetex-base/texdocrc to >> /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc. > > Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work either. I installed it from the > tetex-doc package from incoming so the --purge removal would be clean as > well. Still same message and perl segfaulting. We don't understand each other. The message is still "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc", right? And the file /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc still does not exist? You tried cp /usr/share/tetex-base/texdocrc /etc/texdoctk/ without success? What was the problem with that command? And, most importantly, what's the output of dpkg -l perl perl-tk Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
Bug#348513: [SPAM?]: Bug#348513: [SPAM?]: Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc"
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 03:01:29PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I tried running dpkg -i --force-confmiss on the tetex-doc file in > > /var/cache/apt/archives and that still doesn't make it work. > > Sorry, my fault. First of all, I forgot that we use ucf to manage > /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc, and although this is a great workaround for some > missing features in dpkg's conffile handling, it doesn't understand > --force-confmiss. Second, texdocrc is in fact in the package > tetex-base. > > But it's much easier: simply copy /usr/share/tetex-base/texdocrc to > /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to work either. I installed it from the tetex-doc package from incoming so the --purge removal would be clean as well. Still same message and perl segfaulting. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#348513: Segfault in Perl(-tk) script (was: Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc")
Frank K�ster wrote: > Hi Joshua, hi Perl(-tk) maintainers, > > Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 03:10:42PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > >> Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > Package: tetex-doc > >> > Version: 3.0-11 > >> > Severity: important > >> > > >> > texdoctk says "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc." > >> > then has a segmentation fault. > >> > >> If a perl script fails to open a file, it shouldn't give a *segfault*. > >> Can you please send us the exact output? > > > > Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc. > > Segmentation fault > > If I remove the file on my (sarge or sid) system, I get a Tk-window > saying > > , > | FATAL ERROR > | Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc. > | Kill > ` > > The "Kill" is in a button, and when I press it the perl script even > exits with zero exit code. It seems as if your perl installation has a > problem. > > Please send us the output of > > dpkg -l perl > dpkg -l perl-tk > > There are a couple of segfaults reported against perl, but I don't have > the experience to test whether this is a new one. perl-tk was recently revved to a newer version in unstable to fix release critical bugs. Per my testing, the new version of perl-tk is not always a drop in replacement for the older perl-tk version that was previously available. I originally uploaded the newer perl-tk to experimental because of this. My current plan is to contact the maintainers of packages that depend on perl-tk and inform them that their package may need to be rebuilt against the newer perl-tk package. -- Michael Schultheiss E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 02:00:36PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: >> > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 >> > Errors were encountered while processing: >> > tetex-doc >> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >> >> Sorry, that bug was just reported yesterday, it's fixed in 3.0-13 which >> is in incoming right now. If you want to work around it, simply touch >> that file (as root, "touch /var/lib/texmf/helpindex.html"). > > I tried touching the file now. Reinstalling tetex-doc doesn't fix the bug > I still get the missing file / segfault message when I try to run it. [...] >> Purging/reinstalling should bring it back; or download the tetex-doc deb >> file and install it with "dpkg --force-confmiss ". > > I tried running dpkg -i --force-confmiss on the tetex-doc file in > /var/cache/apt/archives and that still doesn't make it work. Sorry, my fault. First of all, I forgot that we use ucf to manage /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc, and although this is a great workaround for some missing features in dpkg's conffile handling, it doesn't understand --force-confmiss. Second, texdocrc is in fact in the package tetex-base. But it's much easier: simply copy /usr/share/tetex-base/texdocrc to /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
Bug#348513: Segfault in Perl(-tk) script (was: Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc")
Hi Joshua, hi Perl(-tk) maintainers, Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 03:10:42PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: >> Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Package: tetex-doc >> > Version: 3.0-11 >> > Severity: important >> > >> > texdoctk says "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc." >> > then has a segmentation fault. >> >> If a perl script fails to open a file, it shouldn't give a *segfault*. >> Can you please send us the exact output? > > Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc. > Segmentation fault If I remove the file on my (sarge or sid) system, I get a Tk-window saying , | FATAL ERROR | Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc. | Kill ` The "Kill" is in a button, and when I press it the perl script even exits with zero exit code. It seems as if your perl installation has a problem. Please send us the output of dpkg -l perl dpkg -l perl-tk There are a couple of segfaults reported against perl, but I don't have the experience to test whether this is a new one. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
Bug#348513: [SPAM?]: Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc"
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 02:00:36PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > tetex-doc > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Sorry, that bug was just reported yesterday, it's fixed in 3.0-13 which > is in incoming right now. If you want to work around it, simply touch > that file (as root, "touch /var/lib/texmf/helpindex.html"). I tried touching the file now. Reinstalling tetex-doc doesn't fix the bug I still get the missing file / segfault message when I try to run it. > Hm, probably not, it might be that the helpindex.html file simply hasn't > been created; it's a package bug. But something or someone must have When all of my tetex-* files are installed that file is there, and contains HTML. > Purging/reinstalling should bring it back; or download the tetex-doc deb > file and install it with "dpkg --force-confmiss ". I tried running dpkg -i --force-confmiss on the tetex-doc file in /var/cache/apt/archives and that still doesn't make it work. > As for the segfault, this is a different thing, I'll write a separate > mail about that. OK, thanks for your help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I speculate that there is no file /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc. Since this >> file is a conffile, removing and reinstalling won't restore it; instead >> you need to purge and reinstall. > > apt-get remove --purge tetex-doc > > Removing tetex-doc ... > mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... > mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFDIST-TETEX... > mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Done. > rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/texmf/helpindex.html': No such file or > directory > dpkg: error processing tetex-doc (--purge): > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > tetex-doc > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Sorry, that bug was just reported yesterday, it's fixed in 3.0-13 which is in incoming right now. If you want to work around it, simply touch that file (as root, "touch /var/lib/texmf/helpindex.html"). >> Do you have an idea why the file was removed? > > That file? No, I didn't remove it. I removed some other files due to a > message I read on google when I was trying to figure out how to fix it. > That could be what's preventing me from removing it now. Hm, probably not, it might be that the helpindex.html file simply hasn't been created; it's a package bug. But something or someone must have deleted /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc, and texdoctk won't run without it. Purging/reinstalling should bring it back; or download the tetex-doc deb file and install it with "dpkg --force-confmiss ". As for the segfault, this is a different thing, I'll write a separate mail about that. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc"
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 03:10:42PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Package: tetex-doc > > Version: 3.0-11 > > Severity: important > > > > texdoctk says "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc." > > then has a segmentation fault. > > If a perl script fails to open a file, it shouldn't give a *segfault*. > Can you please send us the exact output? Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc. Segmentation fault This of course only appears if I run it in an xterm. If I run it from the menu, it silently fails. > > I've tried removing then reinstalling, > > but that doesn't seem to help. > > What's the output of > > ls -l /etc/texdoctk/ total 32 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30134 2005-01-18 00:51 texdoctk.dat > I speculate that there is no file /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc. Since this > file is a conffile, removing and reinstalling won't restore it; instead > you need to purge and reinstall. apt-get remove --purge tetex-doc Removing tetex-doc ... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFDIST-TETEX... mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/texmf/helpindex.html': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing tetex-doc (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: tetex-doc E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > Do you have an idea why the file was removed? That file? No, I didn't remove it. I removed some other files due to a message I read on google when I was trying to figure out how to fix it. That could be what's preventing me from removing it now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#348513: [SPAM?]: Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc"
Joshua Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: tetex-doc > Version: 3.0-11 > Severity: important > > texdoctk says "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc." > then has a segmentation fault. If a perl script fails to open a file, it shouldn't give a *segfault*. Can you please send us the exact output? > I've tried removing then reinstalling, > but that doesn't seem to help. What's the output of ls -l /etc/texdoctk/ I speculate that there is no file /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc. Since this file is a conffile, removing and reinstalling won't restore it; instead you need to purge and reinstall. Do you have an idea why the file was removed? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
Bug#348513: tetex-doc: tetexdoctk fails with "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc"
Package: tetex-doc Version: 3.0-11 Severity: important texdoctk says "Couldn't open system-wide default config file texdocrc." then has a segmentation fault. I've tried removing then reinstalling, but that doesn't seem to help. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages tetex-doc depends on: ii dpkg 1.13.11.1 package maintenance system for Deb Versions of packages tetex-doc recommends: ii elinks [www-browser] 0.10.6-1 advanced text-mode WWW browser ii firefox [www-browser] 1.5.dfsg-4 lightweight web browser based on M ii gs-gpl [postscript-viewer]8.15-4.1 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript int ii gv [pdf-viewer] 1:3.6.1-12 PostScript and PDF viewer for X ii tetex-bin 3.0-13 The teTeX binary files ii xpdf 3.01-5 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui ii xpdf-reader [pdf-viewer] 3.01-5 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui ii xpdf-utils [pdf-viewer] 3.01-5 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
