Re: Bug#394418: mono_1.1.18-3 (arm/unstable): FTBFS: SIGSEGV

[Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>]

Hi Paolo,

Thank you for your work investigating this.

On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 08:22:34PM +0100, Paolo Molaro wrote:
> If I am given access to elara I can try to reproduce that, but it didn't
> happen in jitted code and it didn't happen in the 6 builds I ran today
> on other boxes: if it's a bug in the runtime it would be common to all
> the architectures and unless it has been fixed in mono 1.2.1 already, it
> doesn't look common or reproducible.
> The patch is here if anyone is interested:
> http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-patches/2006-November/082367.html
> but I suggest to go ahead with mono 1.2.1 which should be released on
> Monday (we're preparing rc tarballs today).

Which based on previous experiences with mono upgrades, means a complete
library transition for mono, doesn't it?  That would not be acceptable.
Even if there's not a library transition, a targetted backport fix would be
greatly preferred from a release standpoint.

Thanks,
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