X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,J_CHICKENPOX_54 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <08B768A95A4E469CB9E03A528139AF31@marianPC> From: "marian" To: Subject: findutils-4.5.4-1 problem (updatedb crashing) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:34:10 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com This problem has already been reported on 7/22/2009 9:37 PM, but I think to have found the reason for it. Unfortunately I am not able to put together a patch; -- never done one. What follows is the message I get when running updatedb: assertion "ent->fts_info == FTS_NSOK || state.type != 0" failed: file "/usr/src/findutils-4.5.4-1/src/findutils-4.5.4/find/ftsfind.c", line 475, function: consider_visiting. I have downloaded the sources tarball for findutils-4.5.4-1 and checked line 475 of ftsfind.c. The block of code line 475 is part of, follows: /* Cope with the usual cases. */ if (ent->fts_info == FTS_NSOK || ent->fts_info == FTS_NS /* e.g. symlink loop */) (THIS IS LINE 475) { assert (!state.have_stat); assert (ent->fts_info == FTS_NSOK || state.type != 0); mode = state.type; } I can write some c but am not an expert by a long shot, however there is a comment INSIDE the conditional statement; is that legal c? I hope to have been helpful rather than annoying, and hope this was the right list to write to. Thankyou for your attention. Regards Marian -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple