I think I found the root cause of this issue. 0003-Link-against-lua- lpeg.patch tries to fix a linking error related to the function named luaopen_lpeg(), making nmap use the luaopen_lpeg() in lua-lpeg instead of the local function declared in lpeg.c (which are slightly different). The original linking issue was addressed upstream[1] by setting the function as extern[2] somewhere between 7.0.1 and 7.10, and that's why newer releases do not see this bug. I have a PPA[3] prepared to start testing, replacing 0003-Link-against-lua-lpeg.patch with the upstream fix.
[1] https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/237 [2] https://github.com/nmap/nmap/commit/9bcc6c09e22e3a32e8f89a13afee5a9a77b92b62 [3] https://launchpad.net/~vtapia/+archive/ubuntu/sf238253 ** Bug watch added: github.com/nmap/nmap/issues #237 https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/237 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1580385 Title: /usr/bin/nmap:11:hascaptures:hascaptures:hascaptures:hascaptures:hascaptures To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nmap/+bug/1580385/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
