Re: sysctl: Cannot allocate memory after r267961

From: Hans Petter Selasky <hps_at_selasky.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 06:03:16 +0200
On 06/28/14 05:42, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> On 06/27/14 20:51, Danilo Egea wrote:
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> I've just updated my system (current) and now I'm getting this message:
>> [danilo src$] uname -a
>> uname: sysctl: Cannot allocate memory
>>
>>
>> Some programs are failing due this, like portmaster and chromium.
>>
>> This commit (r267961) has a lot of changes in the sysctl subsystem.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Sorry about the breakage. There appears to be some special case for
> read-only MIB SYSCTL strings which was ending up in an error code that's
> not so well documented. Sorry that it is not possible for me to test
> absolutely everything.
>
> Testing done from my side:
>
> - Several universe builds
> - Sysctl functionality has been verified and tested.
>
> I'm going to pull in the change again with the fix for "uname". If there
> are more problems popping up I need your help to test this patch.
>
> Thanks for your patience!
>
> --HPS

Fixed in:

r267992

--HPS
Received on Sat Jun 28 2014 - 02:02:57 UTC

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