FS#36589 - [curl] 7.32.0-1 update breaks VMware Workstation 9.0.2
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Opened by qozy (qozy) - Sunday, 18 August 2013, 20:02 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 15 November 2013, 16:54 GMT
Opened by qozy (qozy) - Sunday, 18 August 2013, 20:02 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 15 November 2013, 16:54 GMT
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Description:
The latest update of curl (7.32.0-1) breaks the latest VMware Workstation (9.0.2). Steps to reproduce: 1. Update curl (pacman -Sy curl) 2. start VMware Workstation (/usr/bin/vmware) 3. The window opens and closes quickly. The following error message appears in the terminal: Aborted (core dumped) Downgrading to curl to version 7.31.0-1 solves the issue. |
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Closed by Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Friday, 15 November 2013, 16:54 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Reported fixed with curl 7.33.0 or vmware 10.
Friday, 15 November 2013, 16:54 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Reported fixed with curl 7.33.0 or vmware 10.

There's nothing I can do with this bug report without a backtrace
or any real debugging info. Particularly given that vmware is a
binary blob from the AUR, there's even less that I'm willing to
do.

ran it under gdb, here's your backtrace. As earlier stated,
downgrading resolves the issue.

Semi-useful, but it'd be nice to know what the parameters passed
to curl_multi_add_handle were. Seems like curl 7.32.0 now crashes
on some bad value that vmware was passing rather than returning
gracefully.

ping? Any useful info you can add here?

As you said, since VMware is a binary blob I have about the same
clue as what paramaters are passed to curl_multi_add_handle as you
do.

But you can run 'bt full' with debug symbols and see what the
values are on the stack/heap in libcurl...

Ping. Still a problem with v7.33.0?

I've been using VMware 10.0.1 now and it was evidently fixed in
their code because it worked with 7.32.0. I will install VMWare 9
and test though because not everyone has a site license to upgrade
with.

Reinstalled vmware 9.0.2. Problem is resolved with newest libcurl.