Description of problem: Occasionally, it segfaults when applying the patch: ------------------------------ $ gdb patch GNU gdb (GDB) Fedora (6.8.50.20090302-23.fc11) Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i586-redhat-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install patch-2.5.4-38.fc11.i586 (gdb) set args -p0 < ../../patches/apu-dbm-libs.patch (gdb) r Starting program: /usr/bin/patch -p0 < ../../patches/apu-dbm-libs.patch warning: .dynamic section for "/lib/libc.so.6" is not at the expected address warning: difference appears to be caused by prelink, adjusting expectations patching file apu-config.in Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00188ac8 in strcmp () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x00188ac8 in strcmp () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x080501ce in ?? () #2 0x00126a66 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 #3 0x08049511 in geteuid () ------------------------------ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.5.4-38.fc11.i586 How reproducible: Sometimes. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Patch some source (in my case APU SVN working copy). Actual results: Sometimes segfaults. Expected results: Shouldn't segfault. Additional info: Yes, I loaded debuginfos after the crash. But, I was unable to reproduce this since. Duplicate of bug #498102?
Yes, looks like it. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 498102 ***