"su" segfaults, "su -" does not. reverting to 4.0.7-r4 seems to alleviate the issue (old version) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.upgrade to shadow-4.0.11.1-r1 2.su (w/o the -) 3.Segfaults! Actual Results: Segfaults to hell Expected Results: I should have received root access Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib64/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo http://gentoo.netnitco.net ftp://194.117.143.69/mirrors/gentoo http://mir.zyrianes.net/gentoo/" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aalib alsa apache2 avi bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl dba dbus dvd dvdr eds encode esd fam flac foomaticdb fortran gd gd-external gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal imagemagick imlib ipv6 jack jpeg junit kde ldap libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad mikmod mod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl php png python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl speex spell ssl tcltk tcpd tiff transcode truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales vorbis xine xml xml2 xmms xpm xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
This happens to me on x86 too. Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre3 Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.13-rc5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.13-rc5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LC_ALL="en_GB.UTF-8" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac aalib acpi aim alsa arts avi bitmap-fonts browserplugin bzip2 cdparanoia cdr cjk css cups divx4linux dvd dvdr dvdread effects erandom ffmpeg firefox flac gif gimpprint gpm gtk gtk2 i8x0 imagemagick imlib inkjar jabber joystick jpeg libcaca lite live lm_sensors logitech-mouse lzo mad matroska mikmod mmx mmxext mng mozsvg mp3 mpeg msn multislot ncurses net nls nocd nodrm nomalloccheck nonfsv4 nptl nptlonly nvidia objc offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl oscar pam pcre perl pic plugin png python quicktime readline real rtc ruby samba sdl sftplogging slang speex spell sse ssl svg tabs theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode urandom usb userlocales vcd vim-with-x vorbis win32codecs x86 xanim xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
Same here.
vanilla-sources-2.6.13_rc5 It segfaults only when running it on X session. zsh: segmentation fault
vanilla-sources-2.6.13_rc5 It segfaults only when running it on X session. zsh: segmentation fault su dmesg says: su[16367]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00002aaaaaf73713 rsp 00007fffffd5db88 error 4
I noticed that, too. su segfaults only when you are on X, when you are on a normal console it works fine. It tryed to get a core dump but without success.
segfaults with or without X here
The bug is fixed in sys-apps/shadow-4.0.11.1-r2 .
Right, fixed .. forgot to close bug.
