[arch-general] pacman segfault problem

[b1]

On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 22:27 +0200, b1 wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 21:06 +0200, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote:
> > On 30.07.2010 21:00, b1 wrote:
> > > Hey alltogether
> > >
> > > Unfortunatelly I ran into some really strange pacman problem. While
> > > performing an normal system update, my computer froze (due to some
> > > incorrect overclocking settings). After correcting the settings and
> > > rebooting, I tried to run the Upgrade again, and got this (after
> > > manually removing the lock file):
> > >
> > > error: segmentation fault
> > > Internal pacman error: Segmentation fault.
> > > Please submit a full bug report with --debug if appropriate.
> > >
> > > Afterwards I ran the pacman with --debug switch. Since the ouptut is
> > > rather long, I have attached it to the end of the mail.
> > >
> > > Unfortunatelly, gdb wasn't very helpfull, just showing
> > > 0x00007ffff78d8c96 in strcmp () from /lib/libc.so.6
> > >
> > > If any one has any idea of how to replace the broken pacman with a new
> > > pacman or of how to fix this issue, I would greatly appreciate to hear
> > > from you.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > Benedikt
> > >
> > You should try to manually get the package from the ftp, unpack it and
> > overwrite the pacman binary manually. Then perform a full system
> > reinstallation using pacman -Sy $(pacman -Qq) since you cannot know
> > whether other binaries are also affected.
> > 
> > -- Sven-Hendrik
> 
> Thanks for your reply, especially for the reinstallation of all
> packages. I wouldn't have thought of that. However unfortunatelly the
> problem persists. pacman -Syu produces the exactly same output as
> before. However based on your suggestions I ran the following commands
> after replacing the pacman binary...
> 
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> sudo pacman -U
> ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/core/os/x86_64/pacman-3.4.0-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
>  pacman-3.4.0-2-x86_64   658.3K  335.7K/s 00:00:02
> [######################] 100%
> resolving dependencies...
> looking for inter-conflicts...
> 
> Targets (1): pacman-3.4.0-2
> 
> Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
> Total Installed Size:   2.23 MB
> 
> Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
> checking package integrity...
> (1/1) checking for file conflicts
> [######################] 100%
> (1/1) upgrading pacman
> [######################] 100%
> 
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> b1 ~: sudo pacman -S $(pacman -Qq)
> warning: a52dec-0.7.4-4 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: aalib-1.4rc5-6 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: abs-2.3.4.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: acl-2.2.49-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: alacarte-0.13.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: alsa-lib-1.0.23-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: alsa-plugins-1.0.23-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: alsa-utils-1.0.23-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: apache-2.2.15-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
> [...]
> warning: zenity-2.30.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: zlib-1.2.5-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
> warning: zvbi-0.2.33-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
> error: segmentation fault
> Internal pacman error: Segmentation fault.
> Please submit a full bug report with --debug if appropriate.
> 
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> b1 ~: sudo pacman -Syu:: Synchronizing package databases...
>  core is up to date
>  extra is up to date
>  community is up to date
> :: Starting full system upgrade...
> warning: evolution: local (2.31.2-1) is newer than extra (2.30.2-1)
> warning: evolution-data-server: local (2.31.2-1) is newer than extra
> (2.30.2.1-1)
> warning: gtkhtml: local (3.31.2-1) is newer than extra (3.30.2-1)
> error: segmentation fault
> Internal pacman error: Segmentation fault.
> Please submit a full bug report with --debug if appropriate.
> 
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Benedikt
> 

Sorry for posting again, but I had the idea of checking whether aurbuild
would be working. However it doesn't. It tells me:

aurbuild -s vlc-pulse
[...]
 - pkgconfig: missing [M]
list index out of range

I dont know, but could this be related? I definitely have pkg-config
installed (double checked it).

Thanks for every hint

Benedikt