While trying to use Pike 8.1, I consistently get the following on stderr whenever I run pike:
/usr/local/pike/8.1.6/lib/modules/Crypto.pmod/Random.pmod.o:-: Warning: Decode failed: Error while decoding program(/usr/local/pike/8.1.6/lib/modules/Crypto.pmod/Random.pmod:23): Bad function identifier offset for random_string:function(int(0..2147483647) : string(8bit)): 3 != 0
It's not immediately obvious to me how to fix this. Anyone? Or am I the only one seeing this?
On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 2:01 AM, Stephen R. van den Berg srb@cuci.nl wrote:
While trying to use Pike 8.1, I consistently get the following on stderr whenever I run pike:
/usr/local/pike/8.1.6/lib/modules/Crypto.pmod/Random.pmod.o:-: Warning: Decode failed: Error while decoding program(/usr/local/pike/8.1.6/lib/modules/Crypto.pmod/Random.pmod:23): Bad function identifier offset for random_string:function(int(0..2147483647) : string(8bit)): 3 != 0
It's not immediately obvious to me how to fix this. Anyone? Or am I the only one seeing this?
You're not the only one seeing it. I dug into it a while back, trying to track down what was going on, and there's something bizarre with the dumping of modules; if you run the dump using bin/pike, it causes this decode failure, but if you use the installed pike (even the exact same version), you don't.
The simplest workaround is to delete the .o file in question after you install. I still haven't managed to track down exactly what the problem is, or make a minimal testcase that highlights it. It appears to be a mandelbug.
ChrisA
Chris Angelico wrote:
The simplest workaround is to delete the .o file in question after you install. I still haven't managed to track down exactly what the problem is, or make a minimal testcase that highlights it. It appears to be a mandelbug.
Well, fast forward, bleeding edge pike 8.1.9 just retrieved from git:
/usr/local/pike/8.1.9/lib/modules/Crypto.pmod/Random.pmod.o:-: Warning: Decode failed: Error while decoding program(/usr/local/pike/8.1.9/lib/modules/Crypto.pmod/Random.pmod:23): Bad function identifier offset for random_string:function(int(0..2147483647) : string(8bit)): 3 != 0
For me the problem seems annoyingly consistent.
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Stephen R. van den Berg srb@cuci.nl wrote:
Chris Angelico wrote:
The simplest workaround is to delete the .o file in question after you install. I still haven't managed to track down exactly what the problem is, or make a minimal testcase that highlights it. It appears to be a mandelbug.
Well, fast forward, bleeding edge pike 8.1.9 just retrieved from git:
/usr/local/pike/8.1.9/lib/modules/Crypto.pmod/Random.pmod.o:-: Warning: Decode failed: Error while decoding program(/usr/local/pike/8.1.9/lib/modules/Crypto.pmod/Random.pmod:23): Bad function identifier offset for random_string:function(int(0..2147483647) : string(8bit)): 3 != 0
For me the problem seems annoyingly consistent.
It's perfectly consistent for me, too, in the sense that every installation triggers it. But when I tried to create a minimal installer that JUST dumps this file, I couldn't make the bug behave itself. There's something broken in the actual installation, but I can't pin down exactly what.
ChrisA
The plot thickens.
I decided to recompile Pike 8.1.9 with RTL-debugging compile-time enabled. Starting some random program of mine, I get this:
/usr/local/pike/8.1.9/lib/modules/Apple.pmod/Keychain.pike.o:-: Warning: Decode failed: Decode error: Got unfinished program <24> after decode: program(/usr/local/pike/8.1.9/lib/modules/Standards.pmod/X509.pmod:294) /usr/local/pike/8.1.9/lib/modules/SSL.pmod/State.pike.o:-: Warning: Decode failed: Decode error: Got unfinished program <85> after decode: program(/usr/local/pike/8.1.9/lib/modules/SSL.pmod/Context.pike:42) /usr/local/pike/8.1.9/lib/modules/SSL.pmod/Connection.pike.o:-: Warning: Decode failed: Decode error: Got unfinished program <169> after decode: program(/usr/local/pike/8.1.9/lib/modules/SSL.pmod/Session.pike:83)
Anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to pinpoint this issue?
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