Ticket #0001675

Type	Bug	Status	reviewed	Date	15-Oct-2010 16:28
Version	alpha 99	Category	Native	Submitted by	PeterWood
Platform	Mac OSX	Severity	crash	Priority	urgent

Summary	On OSX - Read current directory causes Segmentation Fault
Description	Reading the current directory via %. causes a segmentation fault. It works if you use %./
Example code	>> ls %. .DS_Store arabic-url.r base/ chinese-url.r extension/ fastest.r invalid-syntax.r latin1.txt launched.r launched.r~ launched2.r launcher.r lds-local.r lds-local.r~ list.r load-test.r macroman.txt make-unicode-word-list/ make-unicode-word-list.zip make-word-biggie.r mymodule.r mytest.r new-inv.r nop-test.r parsecomp.r parseeuro.r parsenot.r parseskip.r ping-client.r ping-client.r~ pong-server.r pong-server.r~ prot-jdbc.r ps.r rebol REBOLCoreTests/ reverse-str.r RUN.R segfault.r simple-script.r start-message.txt str.r test test-framework/ test.r test.r~ test.set test.txt testLaunch.r text.txt tmp.html top-level-test.r updates/ utf8.txt utf8nobom.txt windowslatin1.txt work/ >> read %. == Segmentation fault >> read %./ == [%.DS_Store %arabic-url.r %base/ %chinese-url.r %extension/ %fastest.r %invalid-syntax.r %latin1.txt %launched.r %launched.r~ %launched2.r %launcher.r %lds-local.r %lds-local.r~ %list.r %load-test.r %macroman.txt %make-unicode-word-list/ %make-unicode-word-list.zip %make-word-biggie.r %mymodule.r %mytest.r %new-inv.r %nop-test.r %parsecomp.r %parseeuro.r %parsenot.r %parseskip.r %ping-client.r %ping-client.r~ %pong-server.r %pong-server.r~ %prot-jdbc.r %ps.r %rebol %REBOLCoreTests/ %reverse-str....

Summary

On OSX - Read current directory causes Segmentation Fault

Description

Reading the current directory via %. causes a segmentation fault.

It works if you use %./

Example code

>> ls %.
.DS_Store      arabic-url.r   base/          chinese-url.r  extension/     
fastest.r      invalid-syntax.r              latin1.txt     launched.r     
launched.r~    launched2.r    launcher.r     lds-local.r    lds-local.r~   
list.r         load-test.r    macroman.txt   make-unicode-word-list/       
make-unicode-word-list.zip    make-word-biggie.r            mymodule.r     
mytest.r       new-inv.r      nop-test.r     parsecomp.r    parseeuro.r    
parsenot.r     parseskip.r    ping-client.r  ping-client.r~ pong-server.r  
pong-server.r~ prot-jdbc.r    ps.r           rebol          REBOLCoreTests/               
reverse-str.r  RUN.R          segfault.r     simple-script.r               
start-message.txt             str.r          test           test-framework/               
test.r         test.r~        test.set       test.txt       testLaunch.r   
text.txt       tmp.html       top-level-test.r              updates/       
utf8.txt       utf8nobom.txt  windowslatin1.txt             work/ 


>> read %.
== Segmentation fault

>> read %./
== [%.DS_Store %arabic-url.r %base/ %chinese-url.r %extension/ %fastest.r %invalid-syntax.r
%latin1.txt %launched.r %launched.r~ %launched2.r %launcher.r %lds-local.r %lds-local.r~
%list.r %load-test.r %macroman.txt %make-unicode-word-list/ %make-unicode-word-list.zip
%make-word-biggie.r %mymodule.r %mytest.r %new-inv.r %nop-test.r %parsecomp.r %parseeuro.r
%parsenot.r %parseskip.r %ping-client.r %ping-client.r~ %pong-server.r %pong-server.r~
%prot-jdbc.r %ps.r %rebol %REBOLCoreTests/ %reverse-str....

Assigned to	n/a	Fixed in	-	Last Update	25-Mar-2014 22:53

Comments
(0002578) meijeru 15-Oct-2010 20:22	My copy of A107 for Windows does: >> read %. Access error: cannot open: %. reason: -3 Where: read ** Near: read %.
(0002590) BrianH 17-Oct-2010 23:04	Both the Mac crash and Windows error are serious and should be fixed in the next release, if possible.
(0002596) abolka 18-Oct-2010 21:24	Same on Linux RT A107: >> read %. == Segmentation fault
(0002864) Laurent 13-Nov-2010 01:05	Same segmentation fault error with my Ubuntu Linux on EeePC: >> REBOL == make object! [ product: 'core version: 2.100.110.4.2 build: 2-Nov-2010/3:54:31 platform: [ Linux libc6-x86 ] license: {Alpha prototype version. For testing only. Use at your own risk. Do not distribute.} catalog: make object! [ datatypes: [end! unset! none! logic! integer! decimal! percent! money! char! pair! tuple! time! date! binary! string! file! email! url! tag! bitset! image! vector! block! paren! path! set-path! get-path! lit-path! map! datatype!... >> folder: read %. == Erreur de segmentation laurent@EeePC:~/REBOL$ ls -la total 1628 drwxr-xr-x 6 laurent laurent 4096 2010-11-13 00:32 . drwx------ 64 laurent laurent 16384 2010-11-12 23:51 .. drwxr-xr-x 15 laurent laurent 4096 2010-11-12 04:48 docs drwxr-xr-x 3 laurent laurent 4096 2010-11-12 00:41 outils drwxr-xr-x 5 laurent laurent 4096 2010-11-11 20:56 projets -rwxr-xr-x 1 laurent laurent 407792 2010-11-13 00:32 r3-a110-4-2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 laurent laurent 1201620 2010-01-06 21:22 rebol drwxr-xr-x 2 laurent laurent 4096 2010-11-12 07:22 tests laurent@EeePC:~/REBOL$
(0004387) abolka 25-Mar-2014 22:53	Fix for the crash part submitted: https://github.com/rebol/rebol/pull/214 With this fix merged, OS X and Linux will still fail with an "access error" similar to Win32. But they will no longer crash.

Date	User	Field	Action	Change
25-Mar-2014 22:53	abolka	Comment : 0004387	Added	-
13-Nov-2010 01:05	Laurent	Comment : 0002864	Added	-
19-Oct-2010 19:46	carl	Summary	Modified	Read current directory causes Segmentation Fault => On OSX - Read current directory causes Segmentation Fault
18-Oct-2010 21:24	abolka	Comment : 0002596	Added	-
17-Oct-2010 23:04	BrianH	Comment : 0002590	Added	-
17-Oct-2010 23:03	BrianH	Description	Modified	-
17-Oct-2010 23:03	BrianH	Code	Modified	-
17-Oct-2010 23:03	BrianH	Status	Modified	submitted => reviewed
17-Oct-2010 23:03	BrianH	Priority	Modified	normal => urgent
15-Oct-2010 20:22	meijeru	Comment : 0002578	Added	-
15-Oct-2010 16:28	PeterWood	Ticket	Added	-