Re: ctype change in NetBSD 11.0 RC1 might have broken print/p5-biblatex-biber

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 at 19:26, Marc Baudoin <babafou%babafou.eu.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> Since having upgraded my computer to NetBSD 11.0_RC1, I get
> SIGSEGV most of the time when using print/p5-biblatex-biber:
>
> INFO - This is Biber 2.20
> INFO - Logfile is 'test.blg'
> INFO - Reading 'test.bcf'
> INFO - Using all citekeys in bib section 0
> INFO - Processing section 0
> INFO - Looking for bibtex file 'script.bib' for section 0
> INFO - LaTeX decoding ...
> INFO - Found BibTeX data source 'script.bib'
> FATAL - Caught signal: SEGV
> Likely your .bib has a very bad entry which causes libbtparse to crash: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> Biber error: [195] bibtex.pm:97> FATAL - Caught signal: SEGV
>
> print/p5-biblatex-biber worked fine before and my files are
> correct.  Moreover, when setting LIBC_ALLOWCTYPEABUSE,
> print/p5-biblatex-biber doesn't get SIGSEGV anymore but I get
> that kind of message from LuaLaTeX when using the generated
> bibliography file from print/p5-biblatex-biber:
>
> Missing character: There is no � (U+FFFD) in font [CabinCondensed-RegularCond
> ensed.otf]:mode=node;script=latn;language=dflt;+tlig;!
> Missing character: There is no � (U+FFFD) in font [CabinCondensed-RegularCond
> ensed.otf]:mode=node;script=latn;language=dflt;+tlig;!
>
> Again, the specific font is not the issue, it worked perfectly
> before upgrading to NetBSD 11.0_RC1 (and it still works on other
> operating systems that NetBSD 11.0_RC1).
>
> Any idea on how to fix that?

Just a quick thought - can you take the
print/p5-biblatex-biber+LIBC_ALLOWCTYPEABUSE'd file from NetBSD-11 and
test on a non NetBSD-11 LuaLaTeX? (just to confirm if the issue is
with print/p5-biblatex-biber and not LuaLaTeX)

David