Bug#668573: Any news on this bug

2013-10-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Octavio Alvarez wrote: > Well, Valgrind says "timer_create(evp)", not timerid and the problem > apparently relies *inside* eglibc. Hmm... Regarding valgrind... The coreutils gets run through valgrind routinely. There are always lots of false positives. Often people report false positives to us

Bug#668573: Any news on this bug

2013-10-05 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 10/05/2013 01:47 PM, Michael Stone wrote: > Looks like a noise result. Definition of timer_create is: > > int timer_create(clockid_t clockid, struct sigevent *sevp, timer_t > *timerid); > > coreutils has: > > timer_t timerid; > if (timer_create (CLOCK_REALTIME, NULL, &timerid) == 0) > ... >

Bug#668573: Any news on this bug

2013-10-05 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 01:32:25PM -0700, Octavio Alvarez wrote: Without -dbg, this is what I get in valgrind: ==32492== Syscall param timer_create(evp) points to uninitialised byte(s) ==32492==at 0x4E36E1A: timer_create@@GLIBC_2.3.3 (timer_create.c:83) ==32492==by 0x402607: ??? (in /usr

Bug#668573: Any news on this bug

2013-10-05 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 10/05/2013 12:30 PM, Michael Stone wrote: > On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 10:21:55AM -0700, you wrote: >> I'd like to ask if there is any updates on this bug. > > I see a big downside in potential complexity and fragility for the > system without much upside. The only use case cited ended up being a

Bug#668573: Any news on this bug

2013-10-05 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 10:21:55AM -0700, you wrote: I'd like to ask if there is any updates on this bug. I see a big downside in potential complexity and fragility for the system without much upside. The only use case cited ended up being a library problem rather than a coreutils problem. Is

Bug#668573: Any news on this bug

2013-10-05 Thread Octavio Alvarez
Hi. I'd like to ask if there is any updates on this bug. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org