FreeBSD-9.0-BETA3/amd64 (CLANG): Assertion failed: (mblength != (size_t)-1 && mblength != (size_t)-2), function inittables_mb, file /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/sort/../../../contrib/gnu-sort/src/sort.c, line 706.

[Dimitry Andric]

On 2011-10-11 11:44, O. Hartmann wrote:
> On my lab's server, a FreeBSD 9 box (9.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 9.0-BETA3 #40
> r226245: Tue Oct 11 10:01:29 CEST 2011), I receive for some ports while
> compiling this error:
>
> Abort trap (core dumped)
> Assertion failed: (mblength != (size_t)-1&&  mblength != (size_t)-2),
> function inittables_mb, file
> /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/sort/../../../contrib/gnu-sort/src/sort.c, line 706.
>
> This just happened after the last update and reboot (did make world). Is
> this a bug? If yes, should I do a PR or is it already known? If not a
> bug, what is it?

Looks like a problem in GNU sort, caused by something unknown.  Can you
figure out what input it asserts on?  Which specific ports cause it?