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debootstrap package

  1. Bug #674146
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 674146

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James Hunt (jamesodhunt) wrote :

Update:

- dmalloc shows up nothing.
- memcpy() calls seem legitimate after checking with an interpositioning tool.

I've attempted both a top-down and bottom-up approach to hone in on this issue:

- I've attempted to stimulate a segv by writing an app doing "similar" things to "dpkg -l" but no joy in recreating issue yet.
- I am currently stripping dpkg down to a "minimal testcase" which exhibits the stack smashing behaviour...