After starting mutt (neomutt @20171027) I get "Segmentation fault: 11" or "Abort trap: 6"

[mimaoffice (Michele Marcionelli)]

Just installed as "root" MacPort on OS X 10.12.6 from scratch as follow:

PREFIX=/opt/local2
export PATH=$PREFIX/bin:$PATH
V=2.4.2

cd /tmp/
curl -O http://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/MacPorts-$V.tar.bz2
tar jxf MacPorts-$V.tar.bz2
cd MacPorts-$V
chown -R 0:0 .

./configure --prefix=$PREFIX
make
make install

and afterward I installed "neomutt" as follow:

port install neomutt

I have now this version of neomutt installed:

port installed neomutt
==>
neomutt @20171027_0+idn+mutt (active)

Now, connecting to some server results in a "Segmentation fault: 11" and to other server in an "Abort trap: 6". I cannot user mutt anymore. The last good version that I can still use is @20170912.

I tested with these minimal configurations:

1) the "Segmentation fault: 11"-version

set imap_user="******"
set imap_pass="******"
set folder="{mail.ethz.ch/ssl}"
set spoolfile="{mail.ethz.ch/ssl}INBOX"

2) the "Abort trap: 6"-version:

set imap_user="******"
set imap_pass="******"
set folder="{imap.mail.hostpoint.ch/ssl}"
set spoolfile="{imap.mail.hostpoint.ch/ssl}INBOX"

the full error message is

mutt(85451,0x7fffc69923c0) malloc: *** error for object 0x1064a80cb: pointer being freed was not allocated
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
Abort trap: 6

Can somebody help me?

Bests, Michele

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

Please don't set the priority. That field is for MacPorts maintainers.

Please add the maintainers to the CC field. In this case use port info --maintainers neomutt.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Could you attach the crash logs, please?

[mimaoffice (Michele Marcionelli)]

Replying to ryandesign:

Could you attach the crash logs, please?

How can I do that? Usually I would install neomutt with the variant debug which seems to be disappeared:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/mail/neomutt/Portfile

By the way: the Portfile here above corresponds now (as of 3 Nov 2017 @ 22:00) to the version 20171027, but the info on this page corresponds to the older version 20170912:

https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=neomutt

If I anyway try to install neomutt with the variant debug and I start mutt with the option -d2 I get the expected error message

DEBUG was not defined during compilation. -d Ignored.

Any Idea?

Bests, Michele

[kencu (Ken)]

First hit on Google:

Locating crash logs under OS X 10.7 and later.

Under OS X 10.7 ("Lion"), and later, crash logs are stored in the folder ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/. You can reach this folder by following these steps:

    In Finder, click on the Go menu and choose Go to Folder... After selecting this command, a text field should appear in Finder.

    Paste the path ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ into the text field.

    Click the Go button.

[mimaoffice (Michele Marcionelli)]

Thank you Ken!!

Ok I found out when I get the Segmentation fault: 11 and when then Abort trap: 6... but still it is strange:

/opt/local2/bin/mutt -F muttrc-test1
==>
Segmentation fault: 11

and

/opt/local2/bin/mutt -F ~/muttrc-test1
==>
mutt(60684,0x7fffc69923c0) malloc: *** error for object 0x7fffbdaaa610: pointer being freed was not allocated
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
Abort trap: 6

Attached see the crash logs for both tests.

[lbschenkel (Leonardo Brondani Schenkel)]

This may be beyond my skills to troubleshoot/fix, it looks like I should report this upstream.

[mimaoffice (Michele Marcionelli)]

Replying to lbschenkel:

This may be beyond my skills to troubleshoot/fix, it looks like I should report this upstream.

Ok... but can you replicate the problem?

[lbschenkel (Leonardo Brondani Schenkel)]

No, I cannot. Obviously I cannot use your exact config file, but an equivalent version using my IMAP server works for me.

[mimaoffice (Michele Marcionelli)]

What if you use my config file with some dummy entries for username and password? You should get a Login failed and not a Abort trap: 6.

[lbschenkel (Leonardo Brondani Schenkel)]

I will try.

In the meantime, I have reported your issue to upstream: ​https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/910

Because in case it's a genuine problem, it is unlikely I can fix it downstream.

[mimaoffice (Michele Marcionelli)]

Está bem, obrigado!! ;-) Michele

[lbschenkel (Leonardo Brondani Schenkel)]

Actually I can reproduce it, using your files exactly as posted with the asterisks...

[lbschenkel (Leonardo Brondani Schenkel)]

In 7173c17c875bfe356732f468fbab2b054cfddd3e/macports-ports:

neomutt: fix crash when parsing config file

Upstream crashes when parsing certain config files, as reported in:
#55236

Bug was reported in: ​https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/910,
a fix was introduced in: ​https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/pull/911

I have tested the above fix and it fixes the crash, so I'm incorporating
the patch for now. Next upstream release should have the fix.

Fixes: #55236

[lbschenkel (Leonardo Brondani Schenkel)]

Michelle: upstream has acknowledged the issue, and there is a fix. I have tested the fix and confirmed that it solves the crash. I incorporated the patch and bumped the revision number.

[mimaoffice (Michele Marcionelli)]

Thank you Leonardo!! How can I install the new revision? I tried with

port selfupdate
port upgrade outdated

... but not upgrade for neomutt has been installed/found.

[lbschenkel (Leonardo Brondani Schenkel)]

It takes a while for changes made to the repository to propagate to the tarball (and the mirrors). Try again in a few hours.