[issue197] Smart Fails on Segmentation Faults

[linux_learner]

Nope. Do a strace, and post the results here. Also please provide your
smart.conf and smart channels. Then we'll want to know what packages
this occurs on, and which repos those packages are on.

This is a form of science. Let's not make assumptions, but let's prove
things with facts and evidence.

We can also reasonably conclude that since it's working fine for
Pascal, who packaged it, and not for you, then the problem must lie on
your computer. I have no trouble with smart-0.42-9.

On 8/25/06, Basil Chupin <blchupin at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> Pascal Bleser wrote:
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> > Basil Chupin wrote:
> >> Gustavo Niemeyer at Labix Tracker wrote:
> >>> Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo at niemeyer.net> added the comment:
> >>>
> >>> This looks like a problem during the rpm transaction inside librpm
> >>> (which doesn't necessarily mean it's a problem *in* rpm). Can you
> >>> please try to execute the command again, and then try the rpm
> >>> command by hand [1] to see if the same problem happens?
> >>>
> >>> [1] rpm -Uvh /var/lib/smart/packages/*.rpm
> >>>
> >>> ----------
> >>> nosy: +niemeyer
> >>> status: unread -> chatting
> >>>
> >> The smart 42.9 package for SUSE is broken and produces the Segmentation
> >> Fault. The real concern here I think would  be that just because Smart
> >> is broken it causes ALL packages downloaded with it to "collapse" and
> >> not be installed.
> >
> > That's my package and it is not broken.
> > Works great here (upgraded over 400MB of packages with it) and I've only
> > had good feedback.
> >
> >> I was able to install individually the other rpms which were downloaded
> >> with smart but when I tried to install the smart rpms (42.9) the process
> >> collapsed with the Segmentation Fault.
> >
> > What the .... are you talking about ?
>
> It's all very .... simple.
>
>
> > I would really like to know what makes you think my smart-0.42-9 package
> > is broken.
>
> Smart 4.28 downloaded a number of packages as upgrades, including the 4
> new (4.29) smart packages.
>
> When smart 4.28 went to actually install all the packages, smart just
> vanished off the screen and nothing was upgraded.
>
> (Are you with me so far?)
>
> I renamed/deleted /var/lib/smart/channels and .../packages directories,
> updated the channels and selected to upgrade the packages and these were
> downloaded again- but when smart 4.28 went to actually upgrade them,
> smart just disappeared off the screen and nothing was upgraded.
>
> I did this several times with the same results.
>
> I then went in as root into the /var/lib/smart/packages directory and
> did rpm -Uvh <name>.rpm --test against each package and found that I
> could install all of them, EXCEPT the 4 smart 4.29 packages (which have
> to be installed as a group of 4 and could not be installed individually
> unless I forced the install by ignoring the dependencies since they all
> depend on each other).
>
> All were installed EXCEPT the 4 smart 4.29 packages which gave an error
> message of 'Segmentation Fault'.
>
> (Still with me?)
>
> If all other packages where installed manually without a problem but the
> 4 smart 4.29 packages do not get installed but generate an error message
> of 'Segmentation Fault' I would say that I have a reasonable
> justification to come to the conclusion that the 4.29 smart packages are
> broken.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
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> This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1
>