Re: snnewgroup: Segmentation fault on ppc systems

Hi,

On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 08:36:44PM +0100, Sebastian D.B. Krause wrote:
> I just tried to install sn on my iBook (G3) running Debian (I wanted
> to use the binary installed by "apt-get install sn"), but snnewgroup
> segfaults when I try to create a group, so I recompiled sn with
> debugging symbols and started it through gdb:

And you didn't use the debian-bugtracking system! I'm the debian
maintainer for 'sn', so I'll do my best anyway. :)

> ,----[ gdb running snnewgroup ]
> | (gdb) set args gmane.network.sn news.gmane.org 119
> | (gdb) run
> | Starting program: /usr/sbin/snnewgroup gmane.network.sn news.gmane.org 119
> | 
> | Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> | 0x100015e8 in vachar (c=100, app=0x7ffffc08, tmp=0x7ffffbd8 "\017?\202X\020\001@\b\177?? \017???\017?~?", len=0x7ffffc0c)
> |     at format.c:59
> | 59	      case 'd': i = va_arg(*app, int); p = istr(i, 10, tmp); break;
> | (gdb) 
> `----
> 
> If you need more information, tell me and describe me how to get
> it. :) I don't get this error on my x86 box.

Could you print a backtrace ('bt') at that point? That would show where
the 'vachar' was called. 

Thanks,
Chris Niekel
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