Bug#860908: perl 5.24 segfaults during a dpkg -i of cmanager (and other packages)

[Niels Thykier]

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On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:10:44 -0400 Brad Barnett <debian-bugs at l8r.net> wrote:
> Package: perl
> Version: 5.24.1-2
> 
> 
> When installing packages right after a fresh stretch install, perl started to
> segfault.
> 
> EG:
> 
> Setting up cgmanager (0.41-2) ...
> [...]
> 
> 
> I used dpkg + wget, downgraded via --force-all both perl and perl-base to jessie's version.
> 
> The problem went away, and I was able to install cmanager without a segfault.
> 
> System can be down a few days, so I've left it in this state.  I can test / debug / etc.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 


Hi Brad,

Thanks for filing this bug.

Could you perhaps include the following information:

 * Which architecture are you using?  If you have multi-arch enabled,
   please list the architecture of the perl packages (e.g. in the form
   of "dpkg -l" if you don't mind including a list of all packages
   installed)

 * Does perl segfault in general or does it "only" happen when you run
   dpkg/apt?
   - e.g. try running "dpkg-architecture" (if you have dpkg-dev
     installed)

 * If you can reproduce the segfault directly, can you provide a
   backtrace with symbols? NB: you will probably need to download some
    of the debug symbols from the new debug archive (see [1])

Thanks,
~Niels

PS: Please keep me CC'ed in replies.

[1]
https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#debug-archive