[Dovecot] imap dumps core when connecting with mutt

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Fri Jan 4 06:59:33 EET 2013


On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 08:19 +0200, Arthur Titeica wrote:
> > > I'm trying to investigate a problem with dovecot/imap dumping core when
> > > connecting connecting mith mutt (everything else works).
> > > 
> > >   imap(user at domain): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 31752 killed with
> > >   signal 11 (core dumped)
> > > 
> > > I managed to create a core file and passed that to gdb. The log is here
> > > [1].
> > > 
> > > I hope this helps - please tell me what else would be needed if not.
> > 
> > First of all doveconf -n output would be helpful. 
> 
> Here is the config: http://paste.kde.org/628478/83892135/raw/

The attached patch probably fixes the crash. But I'm still wondering a
bit if it's the correct fix. There's still something strange why it's
crashing with you.. I'll look at this more closely tomorrow.

> > The gdb backtrace would have been also a bit more useful with debug symbols.
> 
> I see no debug option in ./configure --help. Would it be enough not to strip 
> the binaries after the build?

Debug symbols are compiled in by default. They're removed only if you
strip them.
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