[arch-general] [trinity-devel] x86_64 kdesktop.kcrash [SOLVED - it is glibc]

[David C. Rankin]

On 02/22/2011 05:07 PM, Allan McRae wrote:
> On 23/02/11 04:23, Lukas Fleischer wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:41:12AM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>>    On next reboot/restart, I got the kdesktop.kcrash (attached). So then I
>>> downgraded glibc (2.13-4 ->  2.13-3), restarted Trinity ->  perfect No
>>> kdesktop,kcrash. It looks like this is a glibc issue, so I'll follow up (below)
>>> with Arch to make sure it looks like glibc and not a package issue. Thanks for
>>> your help.
>>>
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>>
>> No, seriously... glibc 2.13-4 introduced a patch from the Fedora glibc
>> branch that is not included in mainline glibc and fixes issues with
>> prelink [1]. Obviously, this has some side effects. Seems like it
>> requires some more investigation.
>>
>> [1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/22656
>>
> 
> That patch has been in mainline glibc for a couple of days now and is running on
> Fedora, Gentoo, ...
> 
> Allan
> 
> 
> 

Any ideas on the x86_64 kdesktop crash that happens with glibc 2.13-4 but is
absent with 2.13-3? Any reason to try recompiling glibc without
glibc-2.13-prelink.patch - or - will that just give me 2.13-3?

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.