Re: fatal error in SO 5.1
Been following potato, and have downloaded the latest 5.1a version, bombs out here
also using kernel 2.2.13pre14.
Guess ill keep trying things :)
Brad wrote:
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> On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Ed Cogburn wrote:
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> > Brad wrote:
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> > > 2) Are you _sure_ is wasn't the problem with threaded system(3) calls in
> > > one of the 2.1.2 prereleases? Given the information you give below, it
> > > distinctly sounds like you ran into this bug and not a bug in SO 5.1.
> > >
> > > Especially since i have SO 5.1 from StarDivision before Sun bought
> > > them, and it works fine (although it is a memory hog...)
> >
> > I don't know the details about the system(3) call problem. Your last
> > sentence here is very different from my experience. See below.
>
> Check the debian-user mailing list archives, as well as bug report number
> 43549 <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/43/43549.html>. Basically, using the
> system(3) call [man 3 system, if you have manpages-dev installed] was
> doing something non-thread-safe in version glibc 2.1.2-0pre10. This caused
> any threaded program that used that call to fail.
>
> > > > The first version I downloaded from the Star Division web site failed
> > > > after an upgrade of glibc2.1 of the potato distribution. I made an
> > > > attempt to have both glibc2.07 and glibc2.1 on the system to get SO to
> > > > work, but the instructions failed for me. For me the solution was
> > > > "solved" (not exactly sure) when I downloaded the new SO tarball
> > > > (so51a_lnx_01.tar, note the "a") from Sun's website (stardivision.com
> > > > will now redirect to sun.com). This one worked without problems with
> > > > glibc2.1.x. There were however later upgrades to glibc in that time,
> > > > but I think it wasn't glibc, they did something with the new version
> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > Why? Circumstances point more towards the glibc problem mentioned above.
> >
> >
> > Ok, let me try to explain my experience. I've been upgrading against
> > potato since its beginning. When glibc was 2.0.x I downloaded SO5.1
> > from stardivision.com (before Sun).
>
> This is impossible, since 5.1 was released only after potato was into 2.1.
> Are you SURE you're not confusing 5.01 and 5.1 (BTW, that is the stupidest
> numbering system i've ever seen. Who at StarDivision came up with it? ...
> Then again, Netscape has 4.05 and 4.5 as well...)
>
> The reason i know this is because of the intense discussion and
> workaround-hunting that went on during that period, for version 5.01. Just
> after a fully functional solution was found, StarDivision released 5.1
> which worked with glibc 2.1. You can check the debian-user archives (try
> around May 1999, which is when 5.1 was released IIRC) for more
> information.
>
> > I installed it and it worked. As the weeks went by I upgraded my
> > potato sys several times a week. When the glibc version went to
> > 2.1.x, SO broke. A message on deb.usr gave a list of instructions to
> > try, but the instructions failed for me. I left SO broke, waiting for
> > a solution, either an update to glibc (2.1), or a message on deb.usr
> > explaining how to fix it. No message showed up, and after several
> > subsequent upgrades of glibc2.1.x, SO remained broke.
>
> The directions posted to the list worked flawlessly for me (as well as a
> few others i was in contact with at the time), and 5.1 when it was
> released it worked without any modification.
>
> > At this point Sun had taken Stardivision over, and put SO
> > (so51a_lnx_01.tar) up on sun.com for download. I thought this may be
> > an updated version (same name as early version but with the addition
> > of the "a"). I downloaded it, installed it, and it worked.
>
> i'm not debating that this works, just that the earlier version worked
> too. Is "a" less of a memory hog than previous versions?
>
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