Bug#370132: [Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#370132: snmpd segfaults on ia64 upon first query

[Andreas Barth]

* Andreas Barth (aba at not.so.argh.org) [061228 06:20]:
> * Andreas Barth (aba at not.so.argh.org) [061228 02:08]:
> > * Jochen Friedrich (jochen at scram.de) [061228 10:58]:
> > > found 370132 5.2.3-6
> > > retitle 370132 snmpd segfaults upon first query [s390]
> > > thanks
> > > 
> > > >>> I just tested 5.2.3-4 which doesn't expose this bug, cool!
> > > >> Thanks for the report. However, i leave this bug open until the s390 buildd is fixed
> > > >> and a corrected s390 binary has been uploaded.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks to version-tracking, closing with the right version works now. :)
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately, only the ia64 bug is fixed. s390 is still miscompiled by buildd in 5.2.3-6.
> > > We need a binary NMU with the s390 buildd fixed to have a /etc/mtab file so configure finds
> > > its location. Else, snmpd will crash on s390 as soon as a disk space check is configured in
> > > /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf.
> > 
> > Can't you hardcode the location into the code?
> 
> The attached patch makes sure we don't mind about that anymore (though
> that is a bad patch, configure should have an option like
> --mtab=/etc/mtab or so).

Please allow me another remark - I think you should by way force
configure to use sane values. Otherwise, you get errors like in
http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?&pkg=net-snmp&ver=5.2.3-6&arch=powerpc&stamp=1166829254&file=log
without any related change.


Cheers,
Andi
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