Re: Problem building GNUstep on openSUSE 10.2

[Fred Kiefer]

Richard Stonehouse schrieb:
> I'm trying to build GNUstep on openSUSE 10.2 and have hit a problem.
> I wonder if anyone can throw light on it - or, alternatively, whether
> anyone has successfully built GNUstep on openSUSE 10.2 and, if so,
> how?
> 
> The problem is that the plmerge program fails with a buffer overflow
> and dumps out a Backtrace and Memory map - sample at:
> <URL:http://www.rstonehouse.co.uk/testcase/plmerge-results.txt>
> 
> The fault lies in plmerge, as built, and not with the data it is
> being given. It is reproducible with a trivial test case.
> 
> In SuSE 9.3, plmerge - built from the same gnustep-base source -
> works OK. The main differences between 9.3 and 10.2, that seem to be
> potentially relevant, are:
> 
>   - 10.2 has gcc version 4.1.2_20061115 (I think this is a
>     pre-release; Novell seem keen on living at the 'bleeding edge'),
>     whereas 9.3 used 3.3.5; and
> 
>   - 10.2 has libffi (however the problem occurs irrespective of
>     whether I use libffi or ffcall).
> 
> The problem is not the result of building under rpmbuild; it occurs
> even if I build by the orthodox configure/make process.
> 
> Any help on this would be very welcome!
> 

I am using GNUstep on OpenSUSE 10.2 and it works fine for me. I know
this comment wont help you in any way :-(
Form the little information that is in your backtrace I would expect
that the problem you are seeing is related to the contents of your
GNUstep.conf file. This would mean that any other GNUstep tool or
application would fail as well. Could you please confirm this?

Next step could be to start anew with a clean build of GNUstep, deleting
everything that was there before.

Cheers,
Fred