[Bug 1689344] Re: print of __glib_assert_msg not returning a message

[Łukasz Zemczak]

Hello Brian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apport into yakkety-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.3-0ubuntu8.3 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
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** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu Yakkety)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

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Title:
  print of __glib_assert_msg not returning a message

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in glib2.0 package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in apport source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Committed
Status in glib2.0 source package in Yakkety:
  New
Status in apport source package in Zesty:
  Fix Committed
Status in glib2.0 source package in Zesty:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  apport's test, test_add_gdb_info_abort_glib is failing due to a change somewhere in glib2.0, how its built, or gdb. The test shall be disabled while the matter is investigated.

  [Test Case]
  Run the autopkgtest and observe the failure.
  With the version of the package in proposed the test will not be run.

  [Regression Potential]
  We are just disabling a broken test so there is none.

  apport's test test_add_gdb_info_abort_glib has been failing for a bit,
  since zesty(?), now. Digging into this matter I discovered that using
  gdb to "print __glib_assert_msg" is resulting in different behavior.

  With the generated binary, it used to return the following:

  $2 = 0x7fadc0 "ERROR:<stdin>:2:main: assertion failed (1 < 0): (1 <
  0)"

  However, now I am seeing:

  (gdb) print __glib_assert_msg
  $1 = 1332592064
  (gdb) print (char*) __glib_assert_msg
  $2 = 0x4f6dbdc0 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x4f6dbdc0>

  This seems to be a regression in gdb itself, I've added an apport task
  though to track the disabling of the autopkgtest which utilizes this
  command.

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