Bug#891351: scilab segfaults at startup

Sat Feb 24 18:50:09 UTC 2018

Package: scilab
Version: 5.5.2-4
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Dear Maintainer,

scilab crashes at startup:

$ scilab
Segmentation fault

Packages installed are:

scilab 5.5.2-4
scilab-ann 0.4.2.4-1
scilab-celestlab 3.0.0-1-2
scilab-cli 5.5.2-4
scilab-data 5.5.2-4
scilab-doc 5.5.2-4
scilab-full-bin 5.5.2-4+b1
scilab-include 5.5.2-4+b1
scilab-minimal-bin 5.5.2-4+b1
scilab-plotlib 0.42-1
scilab-test 5.5.2-4

Best regards,
Michel

Debug:

$ scilab -debug
unning debug of Scilab [gdb]  :  gdb --args /usr/bin/scilab-bin -debug
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Reading symbols from /usr/bin/scilab-bin...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/bin/scilab-bin -debug
Installing openjdk unwinder
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so-gdb.py", line 52, in <module>
    class Types(object):
  File "/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so-gdb.py", line 66, in Types
    nmethodp_t = gdb.lookup_type('nmethod').pointer()
gdb.error: No type named nmethod.
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0x7fffd35df700 (LWP 6521)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd34de700 (LWP 6522)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd33dd700 (LWP 6523)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd32dc700 (LWP 6524)]

Thread 1 "scilab-bin" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff7de30c9 in _dl_lookup_symbol_x (undef_name=0x7fffeee89102 "strlen", 
    undef_map=0x7ffff7f86f18, ref=ref at entry=0x7fffffff8138, 
    symbol_scope=0x7ffff7f87270, version=0x7ffff7f6a5a0, 
    type_class=type_class at entry=1, flags=5, skip_map=0x0) at dl-lookup.c:833
833     dl-lookup.c: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type.
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff7de30c9 in _dl_lookup_symbol_x (
    undef_name=0x7fffeee89102 "strlen", undef_map=0x7ffff7f86f18, 
    ref=ref at entry=0x7fffffff8138, symbol_scope=0x7ffff7f87270, 
    version=0x7ffff7f6a5a0, type_class=type_class at entry=1, flags=5, 
    skip_map=0x0) at dl-lookup.c:833
#1  0x00007ffff7de7ca4 in _dl_fixup (l=<optimized out>, 
    reloc_arg=<optimized out>) at ../elf/dl-runtime.c:111
#2  0x00007ffff7def37f in _dl_runtime_resolve_sse ()
    at ../sysdeps/x86_64/dl-trampoline.h:212
#3  0x00007fffec88bd90 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#4  0x00007fffec899038 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#5  0x00007ffff7de2bc3 in do_lookup_x (
    undef_name=undef_name at entry=0x7fffedd38e7e "__stpcpy_chk", 
    new_hash=new_hash at entry=3373522011, 
    old_hash=old_hash at entry=0x7fffffff84f0, ref=0x7fffedd34778, 
    result=result at entry=0x7fffffff8500, scope=<optimized out>, 
    i=<optimized out>, version=0x7ffff7f6a7c8, flags=1, skip=<optimized out>, 
    type_class=1, undef_map=0x7ffff7f87960) at dl-lookup.c:423
#6  0x00007ffff7de30d1 in _dl_lookup_symbol_x (
    undef_name=0x7fffedd38e7e "__stpcpy_chk", undef_map=0x7ffff7f87960, 
    ref=ref at entry=0x7fffffff85b8, symbol_scope=0x7ffff7f87cb8, 
    version=0x7ffff7f6a7c8, type_class=type_class at entry=1, flags=1, 
    skip_map=0x0) at dl-lookup.c:833
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#7  0x00007ffff7de7ca4 in _dl_fixup (l=<optimized out>, 
    reloc_arg=<optimized out>) at ../elf/dl-runtime.c:111
#8  0x00007ffff7def37f in _dl_runtime_resolve_sse ()
    at ../sysdeps/x86_64/dl-trampoline.h:212
#9  0x00007ffff7de9984 in _dl_name_match_p (
    name=0x7fffffffa7b0 "\340\247\377\377\377\177", 
    name at entry=0x7fffec89e906 "ld-linux-x86-64.so.2", 
    map=map at entry=0x7fffffffad50) at dl-misc.c:295
#10 0x00007ffff7de1699 in _dl_map_object (loader=0x7fffffff9780, 
    name=0x7fffec89e906 "ld-linux-x86-64.so.2", type=1, trace_mode=0, 
    mode=-30992, nsid=0) at dl-load.c:2186
#11 0x00007fffffff9008 in ?? ()
#12 0x00007fffffff9008 in ?? ()
#13 0x00007fffffff9000 in ?? ()
#14 0x00007fffffff8fff in ?? ()
#15 0x00007fffffff8c0c in ?? ()
#16 0x00007fffffff9170 in ?? ()
#17 0x812daafc8086f371 in ?? ()
#18 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (50, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages scilab depends on:
ii  scilab-cli       5.5.2-4
ii  scilab-full-bin  5.5.2-4+b1

Versions of packages scilab recommends:
ii  scilab-doc  5.5.2-4

Versions of packages scilab suggests:
pn  scilab-doc-fr     <none>
pn  scilab-doc-ja     <none>
pn  scilab-doc-pt-br  <none>

-- no debconf information