Description of problem: In the latest irssi in RHEL6 i cannot reload any module after I unloaded it. When I restart irssi some modules ate auto-loaded. Unloading any module has no affect on my irssi perl scripts though (what is strange) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): irssi-0.8.15-3.el6 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. start irssi 2. check loaded modules /load Module Type Submodules core static core irc fe fe-irc fe-text dcc static irc fe-irc flood static irc notifylist static irc fe-irc perl static core fe 3. unload module (e.g. perl) /unload perl 4. verify perl module is gone /load Module Type Submodules core static core irc fe fe-irc fe-text dcc static irc fe-irc flood static irc notifylist static irc fe-irc 5. try to load module back /load perl -!- Irssi: Error loading module perl/core: /usr/lib64/irssi/modules/libperl_core.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Actual results: Can't load module Expected results: Module can be reloaded Additional info:
Created attachment 452961 [details] Patch for disabling unload of static modules from UI This is one of possible solutions. Other (probably better and of course harder) solution is adding support for static modules reloading.
Forwarded to upstream bugzilla: http://bugs.irssi.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=774
> Unloading any module has no affect on my irssi perl scripts though > (what is strange) > Seems that static modules can not be unloaded thus the patch proposed in comment 1 should be enough.
This issue was proposed for RHEL 6.1 FasTrack but did not get resolved in time. It has been moved to RHEL 6.2 FasTrack.
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: Previously it was possible to unload static modules. As these modules are static it wasn't actually unloaded but it was only made unavailable. After the unload action was completed these modules can be reactivated only by irssi restart. It is odd behaviour, thus the unload action was blocked on the static modules. Now only the dynamic modules can be unloaded.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-1171.html