libprotobuf generally does not rely on dynamic initialization, and instead uses pthread_once to initialize globals. The stack trace in that bug report points at an object which is allocated by a pthread_once, so I don't think initialization ordering can be the culprit here. On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:45 PM, daveb <lahike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Protobuf-c has a small bit in its test-suite that uses protobuf's c++ > binding to generate packed versions of several messages that are > compared with c binding packed data. > > I'm almost tempted to get rid of these fragile tests b/c they are such > a build annoyance. But I'm going to try to keep them just to make > certain testing easier (e.g. packed-repeated will be much easier to > validate if i can test c v c++ directly). > > Anyways, the latest build issue is this mystifying bug report on > freebsd (i have no idea if the OS is relevant really). > > http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-c/issues/detail?id=22 > > Since I don't have a freebsd box convenient i can't reproduce, which > means i am stuck guessing from the bug report. > > The crash occurs in the static initializers (see backtrace in the bug > report). > > My best guess is that static initializers in protobuf and the > generated code need to be run in a certain order (ie generated code > before libprotobuf, or maybe vice versa), and that isn't happening in > this user's environment. > > Any ideas? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---