[NBLUG/talk] RPM Segmentation Fault

Mark Street jet at sonic.net
Sat Dec 6 21:16:01 PST 2003


Hmmm, my experience stated below is with a fedora box with all updates 
installed using yum.  I have since installed and erased both Firebird and 
Interbase at least twice since your initial post without a hiccup....  And by 
the way I built the php rpm in such a way that an UPdate if and when it 
becomes available will NOT overwrite my custom package, but it will download 
the src rpm for me and get it ready for a custom build.  Then all I have to 
do is tweak the .spec file, build it and install it.  consistency...... 
custom

It's hard to give you any advice with the information you provide and the 
inability to reproduce said behavior on my fedora box.

Is it rpm that is seg faulting on the install?

Try cleaning up the rpm database, rebuild it and try again after your up2date. 
(I have never used up2date.... ; ) , but hey..)  I really don't think this is 
all worth another install of fedora though.  I think you are wasting your 
time doing all these installs.  I prefer a sniper to a shotgun.

To rebuild the rpm database....
# rpm --rebuilddb

Then try to install Firebird....

I don't know what to tell you, I have never known or seen rpm seg fault.....  
I have seen it hang and do other strange behaviors from time to time... but 
never seg fault.

You might try using the strace command with your rpm install of firebird to 
see where it is bombing.

strace rpm -ivh Firebird-blah...rpm   you will get a ton of shit but it may 
hand you a clue.

Anyone else have any ideas on where to find clues to this strangeness.  Maybe 
a bad RAM module?

On Saturday 06 December 2003 20:10, Todd Cary wrote:
> Mark Street wrote:
> >corrupted package?
> >
> ># rpm -e InterBaseSS_LI
> >Saved a copy of isc4.gdb in /tmp
> ># rpm -ivh FirebirdSS-1.5.0.4027-RC7.i686.rpm
> >Preparing...                ###########################################
> > [100%] 1:FirebirdSS            
> > ########################################### [100%] starting Firebird
> > server: service [  OK  ]
> >Running gsec to modify SYSDBA password
> >rGSEC> GSEC>
> >Running ed to modify /etc/init.d/firebird
> >1495
> >1494
> >
> >On Friday 05 December 2003 08:09, Todd Cary wrote:
> >>I am trying to install a FirebirdSS rpm on my "learning box".  The one I
> >>have on my online Linux server and the latest I downloaded both give me
> >>a "Segmentation Error".  This is my first encounter with this error and
> >>Google did not yield anything that helped me understand what is going on
> >>and how to get around it.
> >>
> >>Help...
>
> Here is what I found:
>
> I reinstalled Fedora again and did the up2date updates.  Same problem:
> Segmeentation Fault when I tried to use the FirebirdSS rpm.
>
> Tried rebooting with the "before up2date" version: same problem
>
> Reinstalled Fedora *and* did *not* do the up2date updates: FirebirdSS
> installs fine!
>
> I do not have enough knowledge about Linux and the myiad of pieces that
> are in play here, but it appears that something is updated that
> interfers with rpm.  The version of rpm before and after the updates was
> the same.
>
> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated......
>
> Todd

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