22622 - segfault on startup

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[ramune]

on startup, segfaults shortly after reading
dist/bin/components/nsCategoryManager.js
gcc-2.95.2 linux-2.3.33 glibc-2.1.2 cvs co 12/23/1999 20:20:00 ->
21:17:21 PST
strace output (w/ brk()'s snipped) below:

open("/home/coder/data/tmp/m/obj/dist/bin/components/nsCategoryManager.js",
O_RDONLY) = 7
fstat(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=9984, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x4043b000
read(7, "/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; "..., 4096) = 4096
read(7, "ete success above, because persi"..., 4096) = 4096
read(7, " this.contents.length;\n    },\n  "..., 4096) = 1792
read(7, "", 4096)                 = 0
close(7)                          = 0
munmap(0x4043b000, 4096)          = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++

Comment 1

[Joseph Elwell]

Try wiping your preferences clean. ~/.mozilla/
Also, you need to include your build number.
See the Bug writing guidelines for a quick overview: 
http://www.mozilla.org/quality/bug-writing-guidelines.html

Comment 2

[leger]

Assigning all open "[e-mail]" bugs to "[e-mail]" to weed 
thru.

Comment 3

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

without further comment on build and reproducibility from the original reporter, 
marking this bug worksfor me.

Comment 4

[Alan S. Jones]

marking verified as reporter has not followedup.  reopen if can reproduce with 
current nightly build.