Per Bojsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I did some debugging and found out that the segfault in Zope on amd64 > is due to some non-64-bit-compatible code in the initgroups.c source > file (lib/Components/initgroups/initgroups.c in the Zope source > package). Here is a patch that fixes this problem: > > --- initgroups.c~ 2002-07-25 17:54:02.000000000 -0400 > +++ initgroups.c 2005-01-22 01:36:44.422203184 -0500 > @@ -25,7 +25,16 @@ > char *username; > gid_t gid; > > +#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__amd64) || defined(__amd64__) > + /* gid_t is a 32-bit integer on amd64 so we should use the i > + format specifier as the l specifier indicates a long which > + is 64 bits. This fixes a segfault caused by > + PyArg_ParseTuple() overwriting the lower 32 bits of > + username when setting gid. */ > + if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "si:initgroups", &username, &gid)) > +#else > if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "sl:initgroups", &username, &gid)) > +#endif > return NULL; > > if (initgroups(username, gid) == -1) > > With this patch I no longer get segfaults and I am able to bring up > the Zope management interface. > > Hope this helps, > Per
Shouldn't that bug appear on all 64bit architectures and the patch work on every architecture, even 32bit. Int is 32bit on all debian archs while long varies. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]