Segfault on CVS HEAD

Started by Bruce Momjianover 17 years ago4 messageshackers
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#1Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us

I am seeing the following segmentation fault when doing 'gmake install'
on CVS HEAD; any idea why?

$ gmake install
/bin/sh ../config/mkinstalldirs '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src'
/bin/sh ../config/install-sh -c -m 644 Makefile.global '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src/Makefile.global'
/bin/sh ../config/install-sh -c -m 644 Makefile.port '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src/Makefile.port'
/bin/sh ../config/install-sh -c -m 644 ./Makefile.shlib '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src/Makefile.shlib'
/bin/sh ../config/install-sh -c -m 644 ./nls-global.mk '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src/nls-global.mk'
gmake -C port install
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/var/local/src/gen/pgsql/CURRENT/pgsql/src/port'
/bin/sh ../../config/install-sh -c -m 644 libpgport.a '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpgport.a'
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/var/local/src/gen/pgsql/CURRENT/pgsql/src/port'
gmake -C timezone install
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/var/local/src/gen/pgsql/CURRENT/pgsql/src/timezone'
gmake -C ../../src/port all
gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/var/local/src/gen/pgsql/CURRENT/pgsql/src/port'
gmake[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/var/local/src/gen/pgsql/CURRENT/pgsql/src/port'
gmake: *** [install] Segmentation fault
$

I rebooted my server but it didn't help. All this just started today.

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#2Alvaro Herrera
alvherre@2ndquadrant.com
In reply to: Bruce Momjian (#1)
Re: Segfault on CVS HEAD

Bruce Momjian wrote:

gmake: *** [install] Segmentation fault
$

I rebooted my server but it didn't help. All this just started today.

Your make is buggy?

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#3Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Alvaro Herrera (#2)
Re: Segfault on CVS HEAD

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:

Bruce Momjian wrote:

gmake: *** [install] Segmentation fault

Your make is buggy?

I'm not totally sure, but I think this is make reporting that install
crashed. Perhaps a corrupted install executable?

regards, tom lane

#4Bruce Momjian
bruce@momjian.us
In reply to: Tom Lane (#3)
Re: Segfault on CVS HEAD

Tom Lane wrote:

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:

Bruce Momjian wrote:

gmake: *** [install] Segmentation fault

Your make is buggy?

I'm not totally sure, but I think this is make reporting that install
crashed. Perhaps a corrupted install executable?

Turns out the cause was a buggy gmake that segment fauled on this:

$(if $(ZIC),$(ZIC),./zic) -d ...

It affects at least gmake 3.78.1 but is fixed in at least version 3.81.
I talked to Peter and it seemed easist to just simplify the gmake rules
and document the issue with a comment, attached.

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