[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#584333: Bug#584333: libvirtd segfaults when started with clean environment

[Guido Günther]

On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 11:36:29AM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> Package: libvirt-bin
> Version: 0.7.6-1~bpo50+1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> | sookie:~# env -i /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin start
> | Starting libvirt management daemon: libvirtd.
> | sookie:~# 
> 
> now libvirtd is not running, and the following appeared in syslog:
> 
> | Jun  3 11:32:44 sookie libvirtd: 11:32:44.295: warning : qemudStartup:1099 : Unable to create cgroup for driver: No such device or address
> | Jun  3 11:32:44 sookie kernel: [260205.075146] libvirtd[10841]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f432d11a030 sp 00007fff6a1d4d28 error 4 in libc-2.7.so[7f432d09f000+14a000]
> 
> When the init script is not started with a sane environment (i.e. not with
> env -i) this does not happen.
> 
> Apparently the libvirtd relies on one or more environment variables that
> the init script does not set.  Please fix :)
We need to export $PATH for that. Fixed in git, thanks for the report.
 -- Guido