[darcs-users] FreeBSD fix: Fatal error 'Exceeded maximum lock level'

[Mark Stosberg]

Someone else using darcs on FreeBSD asked about this on IRC. I happened to
find an answer and thought I would post it here.

Here's the symptom:

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# darcs --version
2.2.0 (release)
Fatal error 'Exceeded maximum lock level' at line 611 in file /usr/src/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_kern.c (errno = 0)
Abort trap: 6 (core dumped)

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I think this started happening after a cPanel upgrade, perhaps due to an install
or upgrade of a "libpthread-stubs" library. 

Here's a fix:

Create or edit /etc/libmap.conf,
and add these lines to it:

[darcs]
libpthread.so.1 libthr.so.1
libpthread.so.2 libthr.so.2
libkse.so.3 libthr.so.3

( At least, that's right on FreeBSD 6.2 ).

darcs immediately stops segfaulting.  The [darcs] block limits the
scope of the change to executing darcs. You can remove the block
to make the change be system-wide, but I can't see what else
might be affected for better or worse if you do. 

    Mark

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