Re: pkg/42132 (pkg_add can't install packages in 5.0)

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/42132; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/42132 (pkg_add can't install packages in 5.0)
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 23:32:43 +0000

 On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 10:10:01AM +0000, Hauke Fath wrote:
  >    16590 pkg_add  CALL  open(0xffffff9c,0x7b8d0,0x100000)
  >    16590 pkg_add  RET   open -1 errno 14 Bad address
 
 EFAULT is what you get instead of SIGSEGV if you pass a bad pointer to
 a system call.
 
 It is unlikely that 0xffffff9c is a valid pointer, no matter what
 platform you're on, so if you can figure out where that came from
 we'll be a lot further ahead.
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost