[Nix-dev] nixUnstable nix-instantiate segfault for a nixos

[Lluís Batlle]

2010/4/6 Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl>:
> Hi,
>
> Lluís Batlle wrote:
>
>> I run a x86_64-linux, and nix-instantiate fails (now segfault, now
>> 'throw', now 'assertion failed, ...) evaluating the system derivation.
>
> I think I've fixed this (or rather, worked around it).  The crash seems to be
> triggered by r20929 (which passes all of Nixpkgs to libiodbc), so I've changed
> libiodbc.  However, the real cause seems to be the long-standing Heisenbug in
> the Nix expression evaluator.
As you know what should there be in the stack... maybe you can write a
gdb script to travel that? I saw thousands of recursive calls.
>
>> I tried with both i686 and x86_64 nixUnstable.
>
> I've only encountered this problem on x86_64...
I installed the i686-linux nix, and I run its nix-instantiate in it. I
saw the same symptoms.