xchat2 - perl plugin makes xchat2 core dump

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 12:30, Randy Pratt wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:05:03 -0500
> Jeremy Messenger <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > 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>
> > >> >
> > >> > 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?
> 
> A little update on the autoloading of the perl interface in xchat2:
> 
> I received a private email today that suggested that I try
> unchecking the option "No server list on startup" and the perl
> interface would autoload.
> 
> It didn't quite work out that way for me, but if I *check* the
> option "No server list on startup".  I get the "Perl interface
> loaded" when xchat2 starts up.
> 
> FWIW, I copied the .xchat2 directory to .xchat2-works and
> fiddled with the "No server list on startup" setting so that
> it didn't autoload perl, then compared the two directories:
> 
>   $ diff -ruN .xchat2 .xchat2-works
>   diff -ruN .xchat2/xchat.conf .xchat2-works/xchat.conf
>   --- .xchat2/xchat.conf  Mon Jun 14 12:14:44 2004
>   +++ .xchat2-works/xchat.conf    Mon Jun 14 12:13:38 2004
>   @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
>    gui_mode_buttons = 0
>    gui_slist_edit = 1
>    gui_slist_select = 70
>   -gui_slist_skip = 0
>   +gui_slist_skip = 1
>    gui_throttlemeter = 3
>    gui_topicbar = 1
>    gui_ulist_buttons = 1
> 
> I've not dug into it further but it looks like that option is
> triggering some bug.  At least its a point that may be able to
> duplicate the behavior that I was seeing.
> 
> OS and ports are up to date:
> 
> FreeBSD kt.weeble.com 4.10-STABLE FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #0:
> Sat Jun  5 15:39:24 EDT 2004
> rpratt at kt.weeble.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM  i386
> 
> xchat2-2.0.9        An X11 IRC client using the GTK+ 2 toolkit
> 
> This is perl, v5.8.4 built for i386-freebsd-64int

I have not tried Perl 5.8.4 on 4.X, but I do run the server list at
startup with Perl 5.6.1, and the Perl plug-in loads.  It also loads fine
for me with Perl 5.8.4 on -CURRENT.  You might take your findings to the
xchat author and see what he says.

Joe

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Randy
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