xchat2 - perl plugin makes xchat2 core dump
Jeremy Messenger
mezz7 at cox.net
Thu Apr 29 22:04:15 GMT 2004
On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:44:53 -0400, Randy Pratt <rpratt1950 at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:14:13 -0500
> Jeremy Messenger <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:12:42 -0400, Randy Pratt
>> <rpratt1950 at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:13:18 -0400
>> > Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > <snip other discussion>
>> >
>> >> Send me the script you're using, and let me know exactly the steps
>> >> you're using. I don't have any xchat Perl scripts. Perhaps there
>> is a
>> >> problem with using the plug-in.
>> >>
>> >> Joe
>> >
>> > I renamed my ~/.xchat2 directory and tried a clean startup. And I
>> > can load the perl.so module without crashing xchat2. Note that the
>> > warning about not being able to preload is still present, but it
>> > does not crash:
>> >
>> > AutoLoad failed for:
>> > /usr/X11R6/lib/xchat/plugins/perl.so
>> >
>> > No xchat_plugin_init symbol; is this really an xchat plugin?
>>
>> No error here..
>
> I should have been clearer on that. It shows up in the server window
> of xchat2 and not an xterm.
>
> Did the perl.so really autoload for you or did you have to load it
> manually?
It did autoload the perl.so for me, but I don't remember how to get script
autoload thought.
In xchat (in the first line):
======================================
Perl interface loaded
======================================
In the 'Windows -> Plugins and Scripts' menu shows that perl.so loaded by
itself. Perhaps, try a new ~/.xchat2 again to see if it helps?
>> > The perl script I was using was an fserve:
>> >
>> > http://homepages.tu-darmstadt.de/~awerth/obsidian/
>> >
>> > The version I was successfully using prior to the last ports update
>> was:
>> >
>> >
>> http://homepages.tu-darmstadt.de/~awerth/obsidian/obsidian-0.9.2-pre1.tar.gz
>> >
>> > I have tried other versions but with the same results. I also
>> > tried a couple of other perl scripts including the one that comes
>> > with the distribution:
>> >
>> > /usr/ports/irc/xchat2/work/xchat-2.0.8/plugins/perl/sample_script.pl
>> >
>> > I can load the perl.so module, but trying to use any perl script
>> > causes the core dump. So I'm not sure its the perl scripts.
>>
>> I am able to load all of scripts above, even with that
>> obsidian-0.9.2-pre1.tar.gz too.
>>
>> In xchat:
>> ===================================
>> --- mezz sets mode +i mezz
>> [Obsidian FServe] Initializing...
>> [Obsidian FServe] Config file loaded...
>> [Obsidian FServe] Loaded sends/queue from file...
>> [Obsidian FServe] Type /fs to get help on the available commands.
>> ===================================
>>
>> ===================================
>> # nm -D /usr/X11R6/lib/xchat/plugins/perl.so | grep xchat_plugin_init
>> 00008b70 T xchat_plugin_init
>>
>> # pkg_info | grep perl
>> perl-5.8.2_5 Practical Extraction and Report Language
>>
>> # pkg_info | grep xchat
>> xchat2-2.0.8_1 An X11 IRC client using the GTK+ 2 toolkit
>> ===================================
>>
>> There doesn't has any of error msg, crash or whatever here. Perhaps, it
>> was because of Perl 5.6.x?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mezz
>
> BINGO!!
>
> Yes, you are correct ;-) I deinstalled Perl 5.6.x and installed
> perl-5.8.2_5 and no crashes when manually loading the perl.so and the
> scripts. I suppose I'll need to recompile a few other non-related
> perl modules now.
Ok, good now it narrow down to Perl 5.6.x. No idea how to fix, so it's up
to the others.
Cheers,
Mezz
> The message in the xchat server window is still there, but the
> perl.so loads fine manually along with the perl scripts. I've
> not given it all a thourough testing yet but it seems to be a
> solution.
>
> I had also reconstructed an older xchat ports skeleton from CVS
> (~ 2.0.7_1) which was just prior to the update to 2.0.8 and things
> work fine. The perl.so loads (manually in that version) and the
> Obsidian fserve seemed to run.
>
> I went back to the xchat website and couldn't find any mention of
> needing a particular version of Perl for the new interface and our
> port will need to check for that in the Makefile.
>
> I still think there might be a minor issue with "autoload" since I'm
> still seeing that message.
>
> Thanks for thinking about the Perl version! I'll still be available
> to do any other testing needed, just let me know.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Randy
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