[Debichem-devel] Bug#531419: mpicc segfaults when called by fakeroot
Jeff Squyres
jsquyres at cisco.com
Tue Jun 9 04:08:40 UTC 2009
On Jun 8, 2009, at 7:20 AM, Clint Adams wrote:
> > Is there a run-time way to tell if we're running under fakeroot?
> We can certainly just disable the malloc init hook if it detects
> that its under fakeroot.
>
> You can use an undocumented API feature to detect/disable fakeroot
> temporarily (see the bottom of this message:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=15;att=0;bug=224030
>
> ) or you can look for environmental variables being set.
>
> Fixing the root cause is probably preferable, though I don't have
> much time to look at it myself.
>
Agreed; fixing the root problem is a better bet.
Manuel -- can you ping the fakeroot people? It would be preferable to
the method described in that URL.
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Jeff Squyres
Cisco Systems
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