tor 0.1.0.11 crash on Debian testing

[Mike Taylor]

Hi,

I noticed on the OFTC #tor channel that the workaround for this 
assertion is to remove the cache directory.

not sure of the specifics but I figured I would note this for you

On Jul 15, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Jan Tore Morken wrote:

> Hi,
> I had tor suddenly stop working for me last night, running tor 
> 0.1.0.11 on Debian testing.
>
> Checking /var/log/tor/log I found this:
> [err] routerlist.c:242: mark_all_trusteddirservers_up: Assertion 
> router->dir_port > 0 failed; aborting.
>
> tor dies almost immediately after running it. A core dump is saved in 
> /var/lib/tor.
>
>
> # sudo -u debian-tor tor RunAsDaemon 0
> Jul 15 13:21:41.566 [notice] Tor v0.1.0.11. This is experimental 
> software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity.
> Jul 15 13:21:41.568 [notice] Configuration file '/etc/tor/torrc' not 
> present, using reasonable defaults.
> routerlist.c:242 mark_all_trusteddirservers_up: Assertion 
> router->dir_port > 0 failed; aborting.
> Aborted
> # sudo -u debian-tor gdb /usr/sbin/tor /var/lib/tor/core
> GNU gdb 6.3-debian
> Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and 
> you are
> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain 
> conditions.
> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for 
> details.
> This GDB was configured as "i386-linux"...Using host libthread_db 
> library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
>
> Core was generated by `/usr/sbin/tor'.
> Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
>
> warning: current_sos: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output 
> error
>
> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...done.
> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1
> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libssl.so.0.9.7...done.
> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libssl.so.0.9.7
> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.7...done.
> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.7
> Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0...done.
> Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libevent-1.1a.so.1...done.
> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libevent-1.1a.so.1
> Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libc.so.6...done.
> Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libdl.so.2...done.
> Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libdl.so.2
> Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
> Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
> #0  0x401a583b in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x401a583b in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> #1  0x401a6fa2 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> #2  0x08086f11 in mark_all_trusteddirservers_up () at routerlist.c:237
> #3  0x080869db in router_pick_directory_server (requireothers=1, 
> fascistfirewall=0, for_runningrouters=0, retry_if_no_servers=1) at 
> routerlist.c:112
> #4  0x0806cfa6 in directory_get_from_dirserver (purpose=1 '\001', 
> resource=0x0, retry_if_no_servers=1) at directory.c:178
> #5  0x08078ce8 in run_scheduled_events (now=1121423699) at main.c:671
> #6  0x08078f64 in second_elapsed_callback (fd=0, event=0, args=0x0) at 
> main.c:835
> #7  0x08079406 in do_main_loop () at main.c:943
> #8  0x0807a105 in tor_main (argc=0, argv=0x0) at main.c:1614
> #9  0x0808dd3b in main (argc=0, argv=0x0) at tor_main.c:19
>
>
> Now, by renaming /var/lib/tor/cached-directory and running tor again 
> to get a new version of it, the problem is solved.
>
> A copy of the file not working and the core file is here: 
> http://wobbled.org/tor/
>
> Sorry, I'm a bit of a hurry when writing this, but if you have any 
> further questions, feel free to ask.
>
> -- 
> Jan Tore Morken <jantore at coreless.net>
>
>
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