Crash incompatibility port serf-1.3.6/Subversion 1.8.9 and base Heimdal 1.1.0

[Tijl Coosemans]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:23:11 +0200 Michael-O wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I have compiled and installed serf 1.3.6 with GSS-API support. By
> default, it is linked against Heimdal 1.1.0 (base version). I am on
> FreeBSD 9.2.
> Then I installed Subversion 1.8.9. All went fine. When I try to invoke
> Subversion with GSS-API authentication, it crashes with a segmentation
> fault.
> First, I reported this to the serf mailing list [1] but it turned out
> to be a bug in Heimdal which triggers the issue.
> 
> I have compiled serf against Heimdal 1.5.2 (non-port) and MIT Kerberos
> 1.12.1 (port) and it works flawlessly.
> 
> So, how can we deal with that? I know that I can upgrade Heimdal through
> ports but isn't the base version supposed to simply work?
> The alternative is a hack to modify serf's Makefile from GSSAPI="/usr"
> to GSSAPI="/usr/local" (MIT Kerberos) but that cannot be a solution to
> the issue.

apache@ (CCed) maintains www/serf.  Maybe they could add options to
select a GSS-API implementation like ftp/curl does.