Package: net-tools Version: 1.60-16 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
arp gives a Bus Error every time it is used. strace and gdb backtrace attached. Script started on Tue 22 Nov 2005 07:01:03 PM PST sundry:/home/pb# arp Bus error sundry:/home/pb# arp -a Bus error sundry:/home/pb# strace arp execve("/usr/sbin/arp", ["arp"], [/* 16 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="sundry", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x2c000 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=21129, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 21129, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7001c000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\2\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\2\0\0\0\1\0\1\312"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1199100, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 1268776, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x70030000 mprotect(0x70150000, 89128, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0x7015e000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x11e000) = 0x7015e000 mmap(0x70164000, 7208, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x70164000 close(3) = 0 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x70166000 munmap(0x7001c000, 21129) = 0 open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=290576, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 290576, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x70168000 close(3) = 0 brk(0) = 0x2c000 brk(0x4e000) = 0x4e000 open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2582, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x701b0000 read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 8192) = 2582 read(3, "", 8192) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x701b0000, 8192) = 0 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/net-tools.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/net-tools.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/net-tools.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 3 open("/proc/net/arp", O_RDONLY) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x701b0000 read(4, "IP address HW type Fla"..., 1024) = 310 --- SIGBUS (Bus error) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGBUS +++ sundry:/home/pb# gdb arp GNU gdb 6.3-debian Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "sparc-linux"...(no debugging symbols found) Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/sbin/arp (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) Program received signal SIGBUS, Bus error. 0x70104220 in inet_aton () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x70104220 in inet_aton () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x00014028 in ?? () #2 0x00014028 in ?? () Previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?) (gdb) The program is running. Exit anyway? (y or n) y sundry:/home/pb# exit Script done on Tue 22 Nov 2005 07:01:56 PM PST -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: sparc (sparc64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-sparc64-smp Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages net-tools depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an net-tools recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html With Microsoft, failure is not an option. It is a standard feature. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]