Bug 559228

Summary:	sys-apps/man-db-2.7.2: Segfault when running in an orphaned proc directory
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Raymond Jennings <shentino>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?45861
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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