Bug#219102: libc6: IBM JDK 1.3.1 core dumps

[Marcus Crafter <crafterm@managesoft.com>]

Hi Daniel!

Thanks for your response.

On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 14:34, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 11:45:31AM +0100, Marcus Crafter wrote:
> > Package: libc6
> > Version: 2.3.2.ds1-9
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hi There,
> > 
> > Since ds1-8 the IBM JDK 1.3.1 core dumps on startup. Here's a strace of
> > what's occuring:
> 
> > modify_ldt(0, 4038bf4c, 8)              = 0
> > modify_ldt(17, {entry_number:0, base_addr:0x806dbd0, limit:16, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:0, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}, 16) = 0
> > modify_ldt(17, {entry_number:8190, base_addr:0x806dbe8, limit:16, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:0, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}, 16) = 0
> > sigaltstack({ss_sp=0xbfe01000, ss_flags=0, ss_size=32768}, {ss_sp=0, ss_flags=SS_DISABLE, ss_size=0}) = 0
> > --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
> > +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
> > 
> > IBM JDK 1.4.1 continues to work as normal.
> > 
> > If there's anything I can do to help diagnose/fix the problem please let
> > me know.
> 
> Extremely unlikely, since this is a fixed bug in IBM JDK 1.3.1.

Not sure I understand you - I'm using IBM JDK 1.3.1 and are having the
above problem - has there been a newer release of this JDK ?

Or do you mean that this is a bug that can't be fixed because it's
present in the JDK via static linking or simliar, and not in glibc?

Cheers,

Marcus