[Tutor] segmentation fault

[Rick Pasotto]

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 09:54:26AM -0700, Emile van Sebille wrote:
> On 7/12/2009 9:09 AM Rick Pasotto said...
>> I've got a script that I wrote several years ago and have been happily
>> using daily. Suddenly when I try to run it I get a segmentation fault.
>>
>> I'm running debian testing so probably some recent update caused the
>> breakage. How can I find out what's gone wrong?
>>
>
> If you're certain it's not otherwise environmental (out of space, bad  
> memory or disk, packet flooding on network, etc), I'd try rolling back  
> recent changes if that's convenient.  Sometimes an strace on the process  
> leads me in the right direction.  If neither get you started, I'd try  
> littering print statements through the code the track progress and try  
> to narrow down where in the code it's happening.  I've sometimes  
> stumbled over a specific line causing the problem, and can eliminate the  
> problem by refactoring.  Be sure to report what you find upstream.
>
> There are probably other ways to isolate the problem depending on your  
> focus.  Maybe someone will point you in those directions.
>
> Of course, this is not entirely unexpected when you're running testing.  
> It could resolve itself on its own.

I downgraded 2.5.2-1.1 to 2.5.2-1 and all is well.

I've sent a reportbug that includes the last several lines of an strace.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

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