file dialog aborts on amd64 6-RC1

[Greg Lewis]

On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 09:57:29AM -0700, Sean McNeil wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 10:50 +0300, Panagiotis Astithas wrote:
> > Sean McNeil wrote:
> > > I tried to do an import -> plugins and browse the directory location.
> > > This consistenly causes the dialog to crash:
> > > 
> > > #
> > > # An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
> > > #
> > > #  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00000008021e9c1a, pid=24587, tid=0x51a000
> > > #
> > > # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
> > > (1.5.0-p2-root_13_oct_2005_18_05 mixed mode)
> > > # Problematic frame:
> > > # C  [libzip.so+0x7c1a]  inflateEnd+0x3a
> > > #
> > > # An error report file with more information is saved as
> > > hs_err_pid24587.log
> > > #
> > > # If you would like to submit a bug report, please write
> > > # a letter to freebsd-java at FreeBSD.org mailing list
> > > #
> > 
> > As the message says, this should go to freebsd-java, along with the 
> > hs_err_pid24587.log file. Have you tried increasing the maximum heap size?
> 
> OK, I've move this thread to java at .  I figured this predated the eclipse
> mailing list and the list threw out my attachment of the log for some
> reason.  Also, as I've reported before on a different thread, I believe
> there is an issue with eclipse using the wrong API for libz.  There are
> problems with eclipse and gtk themes that use the pixmap engine.  It
> complains of libz versioning.
> 
> Now, I have a hard failure that is caused by libz and I've noticed
> something peculiar.  It appears
> that /usr/local/jdk1.5.0/jre/lib/amd64/libzip.so is invoking a routine
> in libz where is should not. libzip doesn't depend on libz.  Might there
> be some problem with namespace pollution going on here?  Does libzip
> need to be removed from the java build and libz used instead?  This
> would appear to be the case as they are not compatible yet are both used
> because of gtk.

The problem is that libzip.so needs to have its symbols privatised.  A
quick fix for this can be found at:

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=46004+0+archive/2005/freebsd-java/20050807.freebsd-java

Your post jogged my memory on this.  I need to look into it again.

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