[Valgrind-users] Huge amount of warnings from memcheck

2009-11-16 Thread Andre Naujoks
Hi all. I recently updated my debian unstable to a new libc6 (problems started with 2.10.1-6) and I get a bunch of new errors from memcheck. When I compile the following (and obviously anything else): int main() { return 0; } and let memcheck run with it, I get a huge amount of this: ...

Re: [Valgrind-users] Huge amount of warnings from memcheck

2009-11-16 Thread Andre Naujoks
Am 16.11.2009 09:37, schrieb Tom Hughes: On 16/11/09 08:12, Andre Naujoks wrote: Is it possible for you guys to push a newer valgrind version with this warning to the debian mirrors? You're asking the wrong people - you need to talk to whoever maintains the debian package of valgrind.

Re: [Valgrind-users] Huge amount of warnings from memcheck

2009-11-16 Thread Fathi Boudra
I will do that, or at least try to convince them to set libc6-dbg as a dependency of valgrind. afaics, libc6-dbg is a suggests of valgrind package. please, open a bug report and request libc6-dbg promotion to recommends (at least). you can also discuss the issue with aurelien jarno (debian

Re: [Valgrind-users] Huge amount of warnings from memcheck

2009-11-16 Thread Markus.Klinik
Hi! I ran into exactly the same problem. What I found out is that valgrind needs to be aware of the version of glibc you are using. Corollary: if you update glibc, you have to recompile valgrind. If the maintainer forgot to do so, you have to do it yourself. Did it myself and the errors are

Re: [Valgrind-users] Huge amount of warnings from memcheck

2009-11-16 Thread Andre Naujoks
Hi. There was no need to recompile valgrind. Only the install of libc6-dbg was needed. After that, all was fine with both the debian valgrind and the one from svn. Regards Andre Am 16.11.2009 10:39, schrieb markus.kli...@elektrobit.com: Hi! I ran into exactly the same problem. What I

Re: [Valgrind-users] Huge amount of warnings from memcheck

2009-11-16 Thread Bart Van Assche
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Andre Naujoks nauts...@googlemail.comwrote: There was no need to recompile valgrind. Only the install of libc6-dbg was needed. After that, all was fine with both the debian valgrind and the one from svn. The Debian maintainers have to recompile Valgrind such