Public bug reported: I reported this bug upstream, including a suggested patch.
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=91483 This bug creates problems when running zoneminder-1.25.0-4ubuntu2 Especially when running zmtrigger.pl. Here is the information from the upstream bug report: When munmap is called, this section of code is hit: if(SvTYPE(var) != SVt_PV) { croak("variable is not a string"); return; } by adding additional information to the croak statement, I determined that var is type 7, SVt_PVMG. This causes munmap failure. I modified the code, see attached patch file svtype-fix, which seems to fix the problem. I think that we want to allow everything between SVt_PVMG and SVt_PV to be accepted as unmap. Here is output from the modified croak call, variable is not a string: 7 at /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder/Memory/Mapped.pm line 115. croak("variable is not a string, type is: %d", SvTYPE(var)); ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: libsys-mmap-perl 0.16-1build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Dec 17 13:34:05 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-02 (197 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: libsys-mmap-perl UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-18 (60 days ago) ** Affects: libsys-mmap-perl (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1261933 Title: munmap fails: SvTYPE is not always SVt_PV To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsys-mmap-perl/+bug/1261933/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
