[systemd-devel] asset failure that looks like it's coming from systemd/

[Andy Pieters]

On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 at 10:11, Jonathan Kelly <jonkelly at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On 24/12/21 19:45, Andy Pieters wrote:
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> On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 at 01:53, Jonathan Kelly <jonkelly at fastmail.fm> wrote:
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>> make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/local/src/unicon/uni/lib'
>> ../../bin/unicon -s -c gui.icn
>> Assertion '(size_t) r < n' failed at src/basic/random-util.c:232,
>> function genuine_random_bytes(). Aborting.
>> make[2]: *** [../../Makedefs.uni:48: gui.u] Aborted (core dumped)
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> What points you to suspect systems?
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> the line from the error
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> Assertion '(size_t) r < n' failed at src/basic/random-util.c:232,
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> that's from systemd.
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> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/src/basic/random-util.c
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> look at line 232
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> Have you looked at the coredump? (i.e. coredumpctl)
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> No. I'm in the middle here ... trying to compile unicon and it borks ...
> the unicon people don't know anything about random-util.c ... it not part
> of their software.
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> If it comes to it, I can look at more technical sleuthing, but I'd need
> some direction.
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> Jonathan.
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After googling this for 1 minute I came across this [1]

Arch AUR package is out of date, use  the GIT version as documented in [1]

Not the fault of systemd, the fault of using an old package. They explain
that they stopped using svn in 2019, and having just downloaded the Arch
AUR package it shows svn checkout in the prepare function...

[1]
https://sourceforge.net/p/unicon/discussion/starters/thread/4ea4931e8e/?limit=25
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