Package: valgrind Version: 1:3.5.0-3 Severity: important A change in /lib/ld-linux.so.2 has made valgrind report an excess number of errors:
$ valgrind /bin/true ==6032== Memcheck, a memory error detector ==6032== Copyright (C) 2002-2009, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==6032== Using Valgrind-3.5.0-Debian and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info ==6032== Command: /bin/true ==6032== ==6032== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s) ==6032== at 0x4416471: strlen (strlen.S:110) ==6032== by 0x4407C04: _dl_init_paths (dl-load.c:776) ==6032== by 0x4402A2C: dl_main (rtld.c:1393) ==6032== by 0x44141D6: _dl_sysdep_start (dl-sysdep.c:243) ==6032== by 0x4400C6C: _dl_start (rtld.c:338) ==6032== by 0x4400856: ??? (in /lib/ld-2.11.1.so) [... snip 12 more error reports ...] ==6032== HEAP SUMMARY: ==6032== in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==6032== total heap usage: 0 allocs, 0 frees, 0 bytes allocated ==6032== ==6032== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible ==6032== ==6032== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v ==6032== Use --track-origins=yes to see where uninitialised values come from ==6032== ERROR SUMMARY: 13 errors from 8 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0) The problem is doucmented upstream as the first note in the notes for packagers: http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/dist.readme-packagers.html Please fix this, presumably by negotiating with the libc6 folks or maybe just reassigning it to them. Thanks! Nick -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.4 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages valgrind depends on: ii libc6 2.11.1-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libc6-dbg 2.11.1-3 Embedded GNU C Library: detached d Versions of packages valgrind recommends: ii gdb 7.1-1 The GNU Debugger Versions of packages valgrind suggests: pn alleyoop <none> (no description available) ii kcachegrind 4:4.4.4-1 visualisation tool for the Valgrin pn valkyrie <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
