Re: dpkg 1.8.1.2 gives SIGBUS on sparc
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 01:36:23AM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
>
> > Previously Ben Collins wrote:
> > > My only concern now is, does 1.7.2 work if I recompile it against the
> > > current libc6-dev. If it does, then the thing to do is start checking
> > > the diff between these two versions for possible alignment issues.
> >
> > Run it on an alpha and you'll get alignment warninrs in the kernel log.
>
> The part of the code it is having a sigbus(I wish I had an strace) in is not
> in any code that I modified for the 1.8 series. The actual file it is
> erroring in has had very little changes since 1.7.2.
The misalignment may be caused someplace else though. Memory alignment
is affected by the entire program, and may misalign parts used
elsewhere.
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