After upgrading from MySQL 5.0.23 to any version newer than that one, mysqldump stopped working segfaulting always. No matter the options used, it does always segfault. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Gentoo Linux on sparc64 2. Install MySQL > 5.0.23 3. Execute mysqldump. Actual Results: The mysqldump client segfaults Expected Results: Just to make my dumps as always. MySQL: 5.0.32 CFLAGS: -O2 -mcpu=ultrasparc -mtune=ultrasparc -pipe -DHAVE_ERRNO_AS_DEFINE=1 CHOST: sparc-unknown-linux-gnu CXXFLAGS: -O2 -mcpu=ultrasparc -mtune=ultrasparc -pipe -DHAVE_ERRNO_AS_DEFINE=1 -fno-exceptions -fno-strict-aliasing -felide-constructors -fno-rtti -fno-implicit-templates USE: berkdb perl ssl sparc lcd_devices_bayrad lcd_devices_cfontz lcd_devices_cfontz633 lcd_devices_glk lcd_devices_hd44780 lcd_devices_lb216 lcd_devices_lcdm001 lcd_devices_mtxorb lcd_devices_ncurses lcd_devices_text kernel_linux alsa_pcm_plugins_adpcm alsa_pcm_plugins_alaw alsa_pcm_plugins_asym alsa_pcm_plugins_copy alsa_pcm_plugins_dmix alsa_pcm_plugins_dshare alsa_pcm_plugins_dsnoop alsa_pcm_plugins_empty alsa_pcm_plugins_extplug alsa_pcm_plugins_file alsa_pcm_plugins_hooks alsa_pcm_plugins_iec958 alsa_pcm_plugins_ioplug alsa_pcm_plugins_ladspa alsa_pcm_plugins_lfloat alsa_pcm_plugins_linear alsa_pcm_plugins_meter alsa_pcm_plugins_mulaw alsa_pcm_plugins_multi alsa_pcm_plugins_null alsa_pcm_plugins_plug alsa_pcm_plugins_rate alsa_pcm_plugins_route alsa_pcm_plugins_share alsa_pcm_plugins_shm alsa_pcm_plugins_softvol elibc_glibc input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse linguas_ca linguas_en linguas_es userland_GNU GCC: gcc version 3.4.6 (Gentoo 3.4.6-r2, ssp-3.4.6-1.0, pie-8.7.9) GLIBC: GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6, by Roland McGrath et al. Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Compiled by GNU CC version 3.4.6 (Gentoo 3.4.6-r2, ssp-3.4.6-1.0, pie-8.7.9). Compiled on a Linux 2.6.11 system on 2006-10-01. Available extensions: GNU libio by Per Bothner crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al The C stubs add-on version 2.1.2. GNU Libidn by Simon Josefsson BIND-8.2.3-T5B NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk software FPU emulation by Richard Henderson, Jakub Jelinek and others Thread-local storage support included. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html>.
Eh, here's an idea - recompile mysql with *sane* C[XX]FLAGS, such as "-O2 -mcpu=ultrasparc -mtune=ultrasparc -pipe" If you still have problems then, attach a backtrace and reopen. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml
This is Bug 157408, and it tests as fixed with mysql-5.0.40 Closing.