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Bug 559228 - sys-apps/man-db-2.7.2: Segfault when running in an orphaned proc directory
Summary: sys-apps/man-db-2.7.2: Segfault when running in an orphaned proc directory
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
URL: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/inde...
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Reported: 2015-08-31 07:31 UTC by Raymond Jennings
Modified: 2015-09-26 07:34 UTC (History)
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Description Raymond Jennings 2015-08-31 07:31:17 UTC 
Get a free segfault if you run "man setsid" in an orphaned proc directory.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  sleep 20 &
2.  cd /proc/`pidof sleep`
3.  (wait 20 seconds)
4.  man setsid
Actual Results:  
segfault

Expected Results:  
see the setsid manpage.

This is weird as hell.
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2015-09-02 01:45:20 UTC 
sent patch upstream to fix the issue
Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2015-09-26 07:34:03 UTC 
upstream took my patch and should be fixed in the 2.7.3 release