> > Under the Hurd, when device file is passed as an argument to "parted", > > Segmentation fault occurs. More detailed report can be found in > > http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2002-10/msg00036.html > > The reason is using store_typed_open instead of store_open. More > > information can be found in $HURD/libstore/store.h (or > > /include/hurd/store.h). Basicly, store_typed_open expects something > > like "device:hd0", while store_open expects something like "/dev/hd0". > > Needless to say, the latter is what everyone would try. The first style > > is equivalent of (MAJOR,MINOR) pair in *nix, and the second style is > > equivalent of block device file name. > > It seems that the bug is in libstore, not in parted. When > store_typed_open doesn't find ":" character, it calls store_open. > Unfortunately, it does it incorrectly, and, as a result, store_open is > not called as intended. There is second bug somewhere in > store_find_class, called by store_typed_open. Some dlsym magic is used > to find store class. I'm investigating what exactly goes wrong > (resulting in SIGSEGV) when the store class is not found. A patch will > follow if I find out.
I found this bug once and came to the same conclusion as you have. I believe that I may have even attempted to fix it, however, that code is long gone. > I'm reassigning this bug to the hurd package. This is correct. _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
