id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	difficulty
43	bus error on 64-bit install_name_tool	Jim Ursetto		"When changing a library name to one that is longer, and the .so file is too short, install_name_tool segfaults.  This is rare and I can only reproduce it on a 64-bit build with one or two files.  It may be a bug in the tools.  The least intrusive change is to add a bit of minimum header padding on 64-bit systems.  (Patch attached.)  The chosen pad size of 128 is experimentally determined (32 is the minimum that works for me, and I added some fudge).  It can be increased if required, at the cost of slightly bigger output files.

{{{
make PLATFORM=macosx ARCH=x86-64 NURSERY=1048576 \
  CHICKEN=$HOME/local/chicken-4/bin/chicken \
  PREFIX=$HOME/local.64/chicken-4 install

[...]
install_name_tool -change libchicken.dylib /Users/jim/local.64/chicken-4/lib/libchicken.dylib /Users/jim/local.64/chicken-4/lib/chicken/4/foreign.import.so
install_name_tool -change libchicken.dylib /Users/jim/local.64/chicken-4/lib/libchicken.dylib /Users/jim/local.64/chicken-4/lib/chicken/4/scheme.import.so
install_name_tool -change libchicken.dylib /Users/jim/local.64/chicken-4/lib/libchicken.dylib /Users/jim/local.64/chicken-4/lib/chicken/4/csi.import.so
make[1]: *** [install] Bus error
}}}

"	defect	closed	minor		build system		fixed