Re: asset failure that looks like it's coming from systemd/

[Scott Andrews <scott.andrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 07:43:14 +1100
Jonathan Kelly <jonkelly@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 25/12/21 01:23, Andy Pieters wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 at 10:11, Jonathan Kelly
> > <jonkelly@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >     On 24/12/21 19:45, Andy Pieters wrote:  
> >>
> >>
> >>     On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 at 01:53, Jonathan Kelly
> >>     <jonkelly@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>         make[2]: Entering directory
> >> '/usr/local/src/unicon/uni/lib' ../../bin/unicon -s -c gui.icn
> >>         Assertion '(size_t) r < n' failed at
> >>         src/basic/random-util.c:232,
> >>         function genuine_random_bytes(). Aborting.
> >>         make[2]: *** [../../Makedefs.uni:48: gui.u] Aborted
> >> (core dumped)
> >>
> >>
> >>     What points you to suspect systems?  
> >
> >
> >     the line from the error
> >
> >     Assertion '(size_t) r < n' failed at
> > src/basic/random-util.c:232,
> >
> >     that's from systemd.
> >
> >
> >     https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/src/basic/random-util.c
> >
> >     look at line 232
> >
> >  
> >>
> >>     Have you looked at the coredump? (i.e. coredumpctl)  
> >
> >     No. I'm in the middle here ... trying to compile unicon and it
> >     borks ... the unicon people don't know anything about
> >     random-util.c ... it not part of their software.
> >
> >     If it comes to it, I can look at more technical sleuthing,
> > but I'd need some direction.
> >
> >
> >     Jonathan.
> >
> >
> > After googling this for 1 minute I came across this [1]
> >
> > Arch AUR package is out of date, use  the GIT version as
> > documented in [1]
> >
> > Not the fault of systemd, the fault of using an old package. They 
> > explain that they stopped using svn in 2019, and having just 
> > downloaded the Arch AUR package it shows svn checkout in the
> > prepare function...
> >
> > [1] 
> > https://sourceforge.net/p/unicon/discussion/starters/thread/4ea4931e8e/?limit=25 
> >  
> 
> 
> I'm not using the AUR, I'm cloning from GIT
> 
> 
> 
> ./configure
> make
> 
> 
> I do know how to use google: that's how I found out 
> src/basic/random-util.c was part of systemd
> 
> 
> Jonathan.

I have been following this so I tried the following:

cd /tmp
git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/unicon/unicon
cd unicon
./configure
make -j4
cd /tmp/unicon/bin/
./unicon -version
Unicon Version 13.3.  December 23, 2021 (13.2-232-g3438a755
pre-release)

./unicon -features
Unicon Version 13.3.  December 23, 2021 (13.2-232-g3438a755
pre-release)
UNIX
POSIX
DBM
ASCII
co-expressions
native coswitch
concurrent threads
dynamic loading
environment variables
event monitoring
external functions
keyboard functions
large integers
multiple programs
pattern type
pipes
pseudo terminals
system function
messaging
libz file compression
CCompiler gcc 8.3.0
Physical memory: 3932356608 bytes
Revision 6306_3438a755
Arch arm_32
CPU cores 4
binaries at /tmp/unicon/bin/

My platform is raspberry pi 4 with raspios 32 bit os
This has systemd version v247.  raspios is based on debian 10

Is your platform/system failing as in out of memory or something like
that?

Maybe some type of corruption?

What compiler are you using?