[Rspamd-Users] rspamd coredump on FreeBSD 14.1

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 5:05 PM G.W. Haywood <rspamd at jubileegroup.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> On Sun, 18 Aug 2024, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
> > ...
> > I just did a normal installation from the ports:
> >
> > ```
> > oot at gw:/usr/ports/mail/rspamd # make install clean
> >
> > root at gw:/usr/ports/mail/rspamd # rspamd --version
> > Rspamd daemon version 3.9.1
> > ...
> > ...
> > root at gw:/usr/ports/mail/rspamd # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/rspamd onestart
> > Starting rspamd.
> > 2024-08-18 13:31:59 #59804(main) <426216>; main; main: rspamd 3.9.1 is
> > loading configuration, build id: release
> > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> > ...
>
> Seems pretty clear that something is broken but I've no idea what.
>

That's what I am thinking also.


> Has rspamd ever worked on your system or is this your first attempt?
>

I have used rspamd for years actually. It's only this one time I saw it
coredump - out of nowhere.


> How do you keep your system up to date?  Maybe rspamd needs a more
> recent version of some library or something like that.
>

I use the standard freebsd-update..


As I said I'm very unfamiliar with FreeBSD, but if updating something
> isn't indicated then I gather (from a quick glance at the page on the
> FreeBSD site which I mentioned in my previous message) there might be
> an alternative way to install on your system - using a package instead
> of a port.  I don't even know if it makes any sense to try it but with
> my inadequate knowledge about the FreeBSD systems for ports and
> packages that would be what I'd try next if I were in this situation.
>

Mixing packages and ports usually creates some dilemna - for me. So I stick
to ports or packages, but not both.


>
> If the result is the same I'd be thinking about running 'ldd' to get a
> list of libraries which are used by rspamd on your system and then
> checking each one with another user who has this port running on the
> same FreeBSD that you have, to see if there is anything which needs to
> be updated for rspamd but which has not been.  That might indicate a
> problem with packaging, these things sometimes do happen.
>

I will look into this option as well.


As it happens in this case I think the author of rspamd is also the
> package maintainer so you should be in good if not from what I've seen
> especially patient hands.  It's possible he's reading this thread but
> waiting to see if we can figure it out all by ourselves...
>

I am hoping so.


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