Thanks, that helps. For whatever reason, I didn't get the crash when just using `describe`, so I eliminated it as the culprit. I'll either fix `describe` or not use it at all.
On May 31, 2014, at 1:40 AM, Matthew Flatt <mfl...@cs.utah.edu> wrote: > I'm able to replicate the crash in v5.3.6, too. I need a little more > than the lines below, but > > #lang scribble/manual > @(require scribble/eval) > @(void (make-base-eval)) > @((make-base-eval) `(require describe)) > > is enough. > > Also, I can get a crash when installing just "describe". > > The problem goes away if I strip `math/bigfloat` our of `describe`. The > crash is custodian-related according to a low-level stack trace, the > `bigfloat` library uses `register-custodian-shutdown`, etc... see > Racket commit 7e42ee2003. That timing is consistent with a bug in > v5.3.x fixed in v6.x. > > I can't think of a simple workaround to avoid the crash, but running > `raco setup -j 1` might clean up after the crash. Using `-j 1` avoids > building in parallel, since places seem to aggravate the bug. > > At Fri, 30 May 2014 19:31:32 -0700, Matthew Butterick wrote: >> Looking for clues that would help debug the following error — >> >> I'm converting a package [1] to be multi-collection & thus compatible with >> Racket 5.3.5. >> >> The revised package works with 6.0. But under 5.3.5, I get a fatal >> 'segmentation fault: 11' error while building the docs. I by trial & error I >> have traced the offending code to the call to `make-base-eval` shown below: >> >> #lang scribble/manual >> @(require scribble/eval) >> @(define my-eval (make-base-eval)) >> >> The segfault occurs when I install the package from the local directory, or >> when I use the Github URL for the source. [2] >> >> Comparing the docs between 5.3.5 and 6.0, I don't see any changes to >> make-base-eval, so at this point, I'm stuck for ideas. >> >> >> >> >> [1] http://github.com/mbutterick/sugar/tree/dev-53 >> >> [2] github://github.com/mbutterick/sugar/dev-53____________________ >> Racket Users list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
