stalin: (vector->list argv) causes a segmentation fault

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:55:55 -0600
Alan Watson <alan at alan-watson.org> wrote:

> Package: stalin
> Version: 0.11-4
> Severity: important
> 
> The following program causes a segmentation fault:
> 
> (write (vector->list argv))
> (newline)
> 
> Witness the following:
> 
> $ cat >argv-bug.ss <<'EOF'
>  > (write (vector->list argv))
>  > (newline)
>  > EOF
> $ stalin -On -copt '-O -fno-strict-aliasing' argv-bug.ss && ./argv-bug
> In LOOP[1387]
> Argument to STRUCTURE-REF might not be a structure of the correct type
> In LOOP[1387]
> Argument to STRUCTURE-REF might not be a structure of the correct type
> In [inside LOOP 1392]
> Argument to STRUCTURE-REF might not be a structure of the correct type
> In [inside LOOP 1392]
> Argument to STRUCTURE-REF might not be a structure of the correct type
> In [inside LOOP 1391]
> Argument to STRUCTURE-REF might not be a structure of the correct type
> In [inside LOOP 1390]
> Argument to STRUCTURE-REF might not be a structure of the correct type
> In [inside LOOP 1388]
> Argument to STRUCTURE-REF might not be a structure of the correct type
> In LOOP[1376]
> First argument to STRING-REF might not be a string
> In LOOP[1376]
> First argument to STRING-REF might not be a string
> In LOOP[1376]
> First argument to STRING-REF might not be a string
> Segmentation fault
> $
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
>    APT prefers hardy-updates
>    APT policy: (500, 'hardy-updates'), (500, 'hardy-security'),
> (500, 'hardy')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-19-server (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages stalin depends on:
> ii  dpkg-dev                1.14.16.6ubuntu4 package building tools  
> for Debian
> ii  libc6                   2.7-10ubuntu4    GNU C Library: Shared  
> libraries
> ii  libgc-dev               1:6.8-1.1        conservative garbage  
> collector for
> 
> stalin recommends no packages.
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 

Can you file this on launchpad? I know the system sent it to the users
mailing list, but it never gets worked if it stays here. 

The right place to file bug reports is:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu

That will give the developers a chance to see if they can fix it.

Thanks.

-- 
Charlie Kravetz 
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