portupgrade core dumps with a ruby in malloc(): error:allocationfailed

Lee Mx lee_ver_mx at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 13 07:57:35 PST 2004


>From: "Alex Soares de Moura" <alex at rnp.br>
>To: "Lee Mx" <lee_ver_mx at hotmail.com>, <ports at freebsd.org>
>Subject: Re: portupgrade core dumps with a ruby in malloc(): 
>error:allocationfailed
>Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:42:40 -0200
>
>Try recreating the database:
>
># pkgdb -fu
Alex,

I erased the database and even INDEX files and rebuilt with -Uu serveral 
times over the last couple of days but as I remember it was before the ln 
for malloc.conf, not sure that is important, but this time it seems to be 
working.
Let me find my pointy little hat and stool.

Thanks, Alex.


>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lee Mx" <lee_ver_mx at hotmail.com>
>To: <ports at freebsd.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 9:37 AM
>Subject: portupgrade core dumps with a ruby in malloc(): error:
>allocationfailed
>
>
> > When I execute portupgrade on current I get the following:
> >
> > # portupgrade -Rruiap
> > --->  Session started at: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 05:26:44 -0600
> > [Updating the pkgdb <format:bdb1_btree> in /var/db/pkg ... - 296 
>packages
> > found (-7 +7) (...)ruby in malloc(): error: allocation failed
> > Abort (core dumped)
> >
> > I had a similar problem with gaim-0.75 and it was fixed with a 
>suggestion
> > from current ml to create a link to malloc.conf
> >
> > ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf
> >
> > This was happening before the link so it isn't caused by it but the link
> > didn't help with rubyr.  Is anyone else seeing this on 5.2 and/or 
>current.
> > Do any of the ports folks have a suggestion as to a fix although it
>doesn't
> > really seem to be a port problem directly.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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