Description of problem: In # ltrace /bin/true WARNING: Using e_entry from elf header (0x10000970) for address of "_start" _start(1, 0xff9ef7f4, 0xff9ef7fc, 0xff9ef890, 0xffbf110 <unfinished ...> __libc_start_main(1, 0xff9ef7f4, 0xff9ef7fc, 0xff9ef890, 0xffbf110 <unfinished ...> setlocale(6, "") = "en_US.UTF-8" bindtextdomain("coreutils", "/usr/share/locale") = "/usr/share/locale" textdomain("coreutils") = "coreutils" __cxa_atexit(0x10000d40, 0, 0, 29440, 0x7574696c) = 0 exit(0 <unfinished ...> __fpending(0xff803f8, 0, 0, 0, 0xff810c8) = 0 fclose(0xff803f8) = 0 +++ exited (status 0) +++ there's no puts() event, let's limit ltrace to that call (sic): # ltrace -e puts /bin/true WARNING: Using e_entry from elf header (0x10000970) for address of "_start" Segmentation fault Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ltrace-0.5-13.45svn.el5_7.11.ppc64, ltrace-0.5-13.45svn.ppc64 How reproducible: Always. PPC only only, it seems. Actual results: Crash. Expected results: Nothing on ltrace output as well as no crash.
Created attachment 534243 [details] Fix The bug is in ppc-only code. This happens when there are no symbols to trace.
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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-2013-1317.html