On 05.10.2010 16:41, David T. Lewis wrote:
> If anyone has any specific information as to the root cause of the libuuid
> bug, I'd appreciate if you can update the bug report here:
>
> ��
http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=7358
>
> I had previously tried to summarize as follows:
>
>> The bug exists in some versions of libuuid on some Linux distributions.
>> The workaround is to compile the plugin internal. The latest versions
>> of Unix VM have the plugin compiled internally, although some users may
>> still experience problems if they have a leftover external plugin from
>> a prior installation.
>
> But it's not clear if this is accurate given the recent reports here.
> In particular, if a precompiled Cog VM with the UUID plugin compiled
> internally leads to a crash, then the above is not a sufficient
> workaround (at least not on Cog).
>
> If we are seeing crashes on Cog with an internal UUID plugin, but
> not on the traditional VM with an internal UUID plugin, then I think
> I smell a pthread related issue.