[Bug 917969] Re: mandb crashed with SIGABRT in __libc_message()

[Colin Watson]

Red Hat contributed a fix upstream to fix this, and that patch is in
man-db 2.6.1, which is in precise.  Here's the ChangeLog entry:

Sun Oct  9 00:24:22 BST 2011  Peter Schiffer  <pschiffe at redhat.com>

        * src/filenames.c (filename_info): Zero-initialise the contents of
          info to avoid a double-free in store_descriptions (Fedora bug
          #702904).
        * src/tests/mandb-6: New file.
        * src/tests/Makefile.am (ALL_TESTS): Add mandb-6.
        * NEWS: Document this.

** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #702904
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702904

** Also affects: man-db (Fedora) via
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702904
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  mandb crashed with SIGABRT in __libc_message()

Status in “man-db” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “man-db” package in Fedora:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Just browsing web using chrome on Alpha of 12.04

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: man-db 2.6.0.2-3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-9.16-generic 3.2.1
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-9-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Tue Jan 17 19:59:26 2012
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/mandb
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/mandb --no-purge --quiet
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/sh
  Signal: 6
  SourcePackage: man-db
  StacktraceTop:
   raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
   free () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  Title: mandb crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-16 (1 days ago)
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