dovecot-pigeonhole running external script ends with signal 11

[Aki Tuomi]

There were some non-compatible changes in 2.2.27 that makes older versions of pigeonhole incompatible, when external programs are used. We moved the program-client code from pigeonhole to dovecot core and made some changes to it to facilitate other uses for it.

Aki

> On January 8, 2017 at 3:33 PM Tobi <tobster at brain-force.ch> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Stephan
> 
> thanks for insisting on the pigeonhole version. That seems to be the reason. With 0.4.16 I built the rpms again and after yum install on my mailbox servers the script "terminated normally"
> 
> Just one thing that does not go in my brain so far: in 1 out of maybe 20 cases the script worked with 0.4.14 without an error. But thats not important as with 0.4.16 it works in 100% of processed mails so far.
> 
> Again thanks a lot for the great help here and happy mailing
> 
> tobi
> 
> ----- Originale Nachricht -----
> Von: Tobi <tobster at brain-force.ch>
> Gesendet: 08.01.17 - 12:22
> An: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot at dovecot.org>
> Betreff: Re: dovecot-pigeonhole running external script ends with signal 11
> 
> > Hi Stephan
> > 
> > currently the rpm is built based on 0.4.14
> > Should I try with 0.4.16? I will build it again this afternoon with the version you suggested and report back with the results.
> > 
> > Thanks for the help here
> > 
> > tobi
> > 
> > ----- Originale Nachricht -----
> > Von: Stephan Bosch <stephan at rename-it.nl>
> > Gesendet: 08.01.17 - 11:00
> > An: tobster at brain-force.ch@pgp.brain-force.ch,
> > 	Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot at dovecot.org>
> > Betreff: Re: dovecot-pigeonhole running external script ends with signal 11
> > 
> >> Op 1/8/2017 om 10:00 AM schreef Tobi:
> >>> Hi Stephan
> >>>
> >>> according to ps aux the process that segfaults is (pid 18261)
> >>>
> >>> vmail    18261  0.0  0.0      0     0 pts/0    Z    09:39   0:00 [lmtp]
> >>> <defunct>
> >>>
> >>> the gdb backtrace I attached to my mail was the deepest one I got
> >> 
> >> That looks like it happens in Dovecot still.
> >> 
> >>> @Steffen
> >>> the script does not chroot, at least not that I'm aware of. I checked my
> >>> dovecot configs and could not find any active chroot config. All
> >>> occurences of mail_chroot are commented out and have no path values.
> >> 
> >> What about the version information I asked about?
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> 
> >> Stephan.
> >> 
> >>> Am 06.01.2017 um 00:04 schrieb Stephan Bosch:
> >>>> Op 1/4/2017 om 9:37 AM schreef Tobi:
> >>>>> Hi Aki
> >>>>>
> >>>>> yes I built dovecot and pigeonhole rpms in the same rpmbuild. pigeonhole
> >>>>> rpm is based on 0.4.14
> >>>>> Do you think that the error might come from self building the rpms?
> >>>> But what version of Pigeonhole are you actually using? Version 0.4.16 is
> >>>> released for Dovecot v2.2.26.
> >>>>
> >>>> Also:
> >>>>
> >>>> - Can you find out which process is getting the segfault? GDB shows the
> >>>> pid and you should lookup what process that is while GDB is still active.
> >>>> - Isn't that GDB backtrace you provided deeper? It shows only two
> >>>> levels, but that makes no sense (i.e. main() is not listed).
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Stephan.
> >>>>
> >> 
> >