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

[Jonathan Kelly]

On 25/12/21 01:23, Andy Pieters wrote:
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> On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 at 10:11, Jonathan Kelly <jonkelly at fastmail.fm> wrote:
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>     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]
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> Arch AUR package is out of date, use  the GIT version as documented in 
> [1]
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> 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...
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> [1] 
> https://sourceforge.net/p/unicon/discussion/starters/thread/4ea4931e8e/?limit=25 
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I'm not using the AUR, I'm cloning from GIT


git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/unicon/unicon
./configure
make


I do know how to use google: that's how I found out 
src/basic/random-util.c was part of systemd


Jonathan.
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