gclcvs segfaults during clc initialization

[David A. Ventimiglia]

gclcvs segfaults during initialization of common-lisp-controller with the following error:

gclcvs.sh Uninstalling clc image and purging object cache ...
rm: cannot remove `Segmentation': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `violation:': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `c': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `stack': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `ok:signalling': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `error': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `Unrecoverable': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `error:': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `Segmentation': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove `violation..': Is a directory
gclcvs.sh Installing clc as Segmentation violation: c stack ok:signalling error Unrecoverable error: Segmentation violation.. ...
basename: extra operand `c'
Try `basename --help' for more information.
Segmentation violation: c stack ok:signalling error
Unrecoverable error: Segmentation violation..
Aborted
Error building send-clc-command
dpkg: error processing gclcvs (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

== AFFECTED VERSIONS ==
2.7.0-64

== WORKAROUND ==
This is caused by address space randomization in 2.6 kernels ( thanks to Jorrit Kronjee for the hint )

Set the sysctl variable kernel.randomize_va_space to 0 or 1 (default: 2)
Setting the variable can be done by either editing /etc/sysctl.conf and rebooting or by running the following command:
$ sudo sysctl kernel.randomize_va_space=1

Then perform the install again.
=====

Binary package hint: gclcvs

1)
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

2)
gcl-cvs 2.7.0-64

3.)
Expected it to install in Synaptic Package Manger ok

4.)
A post-install script failed.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: gclcvs 2.7.0-64
SourcePackage: gclcvs
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Title: package gclcvs 2.7.0-64 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686

[Florian Diesch (diesch)]

This bug seems to be still exist in 9.10, see bug #492738

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

confirmed in lucid

$ apt-cache policy gclcvs common-lisp-controller
gclcvs:
  Installed: 2.7.0-64
  Candidate: 2.7.0-64
  Version table:
 *** 2.7.0-64 0
        500 ftp://ftp.free.fr lucid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
common-lisp-controller:
  Installed: 6.18
  Candidate: 6.18
  Version table:
 *** 6.18 0
        500 ftp://ftp.free.fr lucid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status