Activity log for bug #2055402

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2024-02-29 10:38:53 Alexandre Esse bug added bug
2024-02-29 10:43:52 Alexandre Esse bug task added lintian (Ubuntu)
2024-02-29 10:52:40 Alexandre Esse description Hello, I was trying to run lintian on some deb packages an run onto some errors messages from groff. Steps to reproduce: 1. Setup a LXD container with mantic or Noble: lxc launch ubuntu-daily:noble #or lxc launch ubuntu:mantic 2. Install lintian apt install lintian 3. Run lintian on some package: apt download tree && lintian tree_*.deb 4. Enjoy the groff-message logs: W: tree: groff-message command exited with status 2: /usr/libexec/man-db/zsoelim | /usr/libexec/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE | preconv -e UTF-8 | groff -mandoc -Z -rLL=117n -rLT=117n -wmac -Tutf8 [usr/share/man/man1/tree.1.gz:2] W: tree: groff-message error: troff: Segmentation fault (core dumped) [usr/share/man/man1/tree.1.gz:1] * Container infos: lsb_release -rd No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch) Release: 24.04 * Packages infos: apt-cache policy groff groff: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.23.0-3 Version table: 1.23.0-3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages apt-cache policy lintian lintian: Installed: 2.117.0ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.117.0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.117.0ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status * Expected output (on Jammy): No segfault and no problem on the tested package with lintian (tree_2.1.1-2_amd64.deb) I set it to security vulnerable because it involves a segfault. Hello, I was trying to run lintian on some deb packages an run onto some errors messages from groff. Steps to reproduce: 1. Setup a LXD container with mantic or Noble: lxc launch ubuntu-daily:noble #or lxc launch ubuntu:mantic 2. Install lintian apt install lintian 3. Run lintian on some package: apt download tree && lintian tree_*.deb 4. Enjoy the groff-message logs: W: tree: groff-message command exited with status 2: /usr/libexec/man-db/zsoelim | /usr/libexec/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE | preconv -e UTF-8 | groff -mandoc -Z -rLL=117n -rLT=117n -wmac -Tutf8 [usr/share/man/man1/tree.1.gz:2] W: tree: groff-message error: troff: Segmentation fault (core dumped) [usr/share/man/man1/tree.1.gz:1] * Container infos: lsb_release -rd No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch) Release: 24.04 * Packages infos: apt-cache policy groff groff:   Installed: (none)   Candidate: 1.23.0-3   Version table:      1.23.0-3 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages apt-cache policy lintian lintian:   Installed: 2.117.0ubuntu1   Candidate: 2.117.0ubuntu1   Version table:  *** 2.117.0ubuntu1 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status * Expected output (on Jammy): No segfault and no problem on the tested package with lintian (tree_2.1.1-2_amd64.deb)
2024-02-29 10:52:59 Alexandre Esse information type Private Security Public
2024-02-29 10:54:53 Alexandre Esse bug task added groff (Ubuntu)
2024-02-29 10:56:13 Loïc Minier bug task deleted lintian (Ubuntu)
2024-02-29 10:56:17 Loïc Minier bug task deleted ubuntu
2024-02-29 10:56:27 Loïc Minier groff (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2024-02-29 10:58:12 Alexandre Esse description Hello, I was trying to run lintian on some deb packages an run onto some errors messages from groff. Steps to reproduce: 1. Setup a LXD container with mantic or Noble: lxc launch ubuntu-daily:noble #or lxc launch ubuntu:mantic 2. Install lintian apt install lintian 3. Run lintian on some package: apt download tree && lintian tree_*.deb 4. Enjoy the groff-message logs: W: tree: groff-message command exited with status 2: /usr/libexec/man-db/zsoelim | /usr/libexec/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE | preconv -e UTF-8 | groff -mandoc -Z -rLL=117n -rLT=117n -wmac -Tutf8 [usr/share/man/man1/tree.1.gz:2] W: tree: groff-message error: troff: Segmentation fault (core dumped) [usr/share/man/man1/tree.1.gz:1] * Container infos: lsb_release -rd No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch) Release: 24.04 * Packages infos: apt-cache policy groff groff:   Installed: (none)   Candidate: 1.23.0-3   Version table:      1.23.0-3 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages apt-cache policy lintian lintian:   Installed: 2.117.0ubuntu1   Candidate: 2.117.0ubuntu1   Version table:  *** 2.117.0ubuntu1 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status * Expected output (on Jammy): No segfault and no problem on the tested package with lintian (tree_2.1.1-2_amd64.deb) Hello, I was trying to run lintian on some deb packages an run onto some errors messages from groff. Steps to reproduce: 1. Setup a LXD container with mantic or Noble: lxc launch ubuntu-daily:noble #or lxc launch ubuntu:mantic 2. After getting connected to the container: Install lintian on it apt install lintian 3. Run lintian on some package inside the container: apt download tree && lintian tree_*.deb 4. Enjoy the groff-message logs: W: tree: groff-message command exited with status 2: /usr/libexec/man-db/zsoelim | /usr/libexec/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE | preconv -e UTF-8 | groff -mandoc -Z -rLL=117n -rLT=117n -wmac -Tutf8 [usr/share/man/man1/tree.1.gz:2] W: tree: groff-message error: troff: Segmentation fault (core dumped) [usr/share/man/man1/tree.1.gz:1] * Container infos: lsb_release -rd No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch) Release: 24.04 * Packages infos: apt-cache policy groff groff:   Installed: (none)   Candidate: 1.23.0-3   Version table:      1.23.0-3 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages apt-cache policy lintian lintian:   Installed: 2.117.0ubuntu1   Candidate: 2.117.0ubuntu1   Version table:  *** 2.117.0ubuntu1 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status * Expected output (on Jammy): No segfault and no problem on the tested package with lintian (tree_2.1.1-2_amd64.deb)
2024-02-29 11:01:31 Frank Heimes bug added subscriber Frank Heimes
2024-02-29 11:02:41 Loïc Minier description Hello, I was trying to run lintian on some deb packages an run onto some errors messages from groff. Steps to reproduce: 1. Setup a LXD container with mantic or Noble: lxc launch ubuntu-daily:noble #or lxc launch ubuntu:mantic 2. After getting connected to the container: Install lintian on it apt install lintian 3. Run lintian on some package inside the container: apt download tree && lintian tree_*.deb 4. Enjoy the groff-message logs: W: tree: groff-message command exited with status 2: /usr/libexec/man-db/zsoelim | /usr/libexec/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE | preconv -e UTF-8 | groff -mandoc -Z -rLL=117n -rLT=117n -wmac -Tutf8 [usr/share/man/man1/tree.1.gz:2] W: tree: groff-message error: troff: Segmentation fault (core dumped) [usr/share/man/man1/tree.1.gz:1] * Container infos: lsb_release -rd No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch) Release: 24.04 * Packages infos: apt-cache policy groff groff:   Installed: (none)   Candidate: 1.23.0-3   Version table:      1.23.0-3 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages apt-cache policy lintian lintian:   Installed: 2.117.0ubuntu1   Candidate: 2.117.0ubuntu1   Version table:  *** 2.117.0ubuntu1 500         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status * Expected output (on Jammy): No segfault and no problem on the tested package with lintian (tree_2.1.1-2_amd64.deb) groff crash when redirecting output to a file % man --warnings -E UTF-8 -l -Tutf8 -Z /usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz >output troff:<standard input>:3: fatal error: unable to flush output file: Permission denied groff: error: troff: Segmentation fault (core dumped) man: command exited with status 2: /usr/libexec/man-db/zsoelim | /usr/libexec/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE | preconv -e UTF-8 | tbl | groff -mandoc -Z -rLL=78n -rLT=78n -wmac -Tutf8
2024-02-29 11:26:43 Loïc Minier description groff crash when redirecting output to a file % man --warnings -E UTF-8 -l -Tutf8 -Z /usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz >output troff:<standard input>:3: fatal error: unable to flush output file: Permission denied groff: error: troff: Segmentation fault (core dumped) man: command exited with status 2: /usr/libexec/man-db/zsoelim | /usr/libexec/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE | preconv -e UTF-8 | tbl | groff -mandoc -Z -rLL=78n -rLT=78n -wmac -Tutf8 groff crash when redirecting output to a file % man --warnings -E UTF-8 -l -Tutf8 -Z /usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz >output troff:<standard input>:3: fatal error: unable to flush output file: Permission denied groff: error: troff: Segmentation fault (core dumped) man: command exited with status 2: /usr/libexec/man-db/zsoelim | /usr/libexec/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE | preconv -e UTF-8 | tbl | groff -mandoc -Z -rLL=78n -rLT=78n -wmac -Tutf8 This is typically triggered by lintian when scanning man pages
2024-02-29 13:19:40 Alexandre Erwin Ittner bug added subscriber Alexandre Erwin Ittner
2024-03-05 21:56:46 Loïc Minier bug task added lintian (Ubuntu)
2024-03-05 21:56:55 Loïc Minier lintian (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2024-03-05 21:57:04 Loïc Minier bug task deleted groff (Ubuntu)
2024-07-04 07:25:34 Colin Watson bug added subscriber Colin Watson
2024-07-04 07:33:30 Colin Watson bug task added groff (Ubuntu)
2024-07-04 07:34:05 Colin Watson bug watch added http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65427
2024-07-04 07:35:03 Colin Watson groff (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2024-07-04 07:35:06 Colin Watson groff (Ubuntu): assignee Colin Watson (cjwatson)
2024-07-04 07:35:08 Colin Watson groff (Ubuntu): status New In Progress
2024-07-04 07:58:07 Colin Watson groff (Ubuntu): status In Progress Fix Committed
2024-07-04 23:32:11 Launchpad Janitor groff (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Fix Released