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Description of problem: A telnet (yes telnet) install fails with a SIGABRT when connecting to the installing system. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): * anaconda-12.14 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot installer by any available means 2. Add boot argument "telnet" 3. When prompted, telnet into installing system to proceed Actual results: loader received SIGABRT! Backtrace: /sbin/loader[0x1000590c] [0x100364] [0xff8ea978] /lib/libc.so.6(abort+0x25c)[0xf70286c] /sbin/loader[0x1001ff1c] /sbin/loader[0x10020248] /sbin/loader[0x100205e0] /sbin/loader[0x1000805c] /lib/libc.so.6[0xf6e751c] /lib/libc.so.6[0xf6e76c0] install exited abnormally [1/1] you may safely reboot your system Expected results: * No SIGABRT Additional info:
This bug is interesting ... and *low* priority of course telnet works fine if you run from a terminal: # telnet host1.example.com However, out of habit, I ran this out of the gnome-run dialog ... which causes the SIGABRT.
backtrace on x86_64 loader received SIGABRT! Backtrace: /sbin/loader[0x40762e] /lib64/libc.so.6[0x7f513d6096f0] /lib64/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x35)[0x7f513d609675] /lib64/libc.so.6(abort+0x175)[0x7f513d60ae55] /sbin/loader[0x41eb3f] /sbin/loader[0x41ec70] /sbin/loader[0x41efc1] /sbin/loader[0x409c75] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd)[0x7f513d5f4b8d] /sbin/loader[0x4057d9] install exited abnormally [1/1] you may safely reboot your system
eu-addr2line sez... 0x41eb3f - /usr/src/debug/anaconda-12.14/loader/telnet.c:145 0x41ec70 - /usr/include/bits/fcntl2.h:54 0x41efc1 - /usr/src/debug/anaconda-12.14/loader/telnetd.c:251 0x409c75 - /usr/src/debug/anaconda-12.14/loader/loader.c:2019
This would be a rather nasty fix - it's in seven year old code that hasn't been touched except for when files move around since then. The workaround seems easy enough (run from a terminal instead of gnome-run) and would probably take way more time than it's worth in anaconda land to come up with a fix. I'll WONTFIX it for now.