[tor-bugs] #18286 [Tor]: tor 0.2.8.1-alpha-dev - dumping core on test, tor binary dumps core as well

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#18286: tor 0.2.8.1-alpha-dev - dumping core on test, tor binary dumps core as well
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 Reporter:  yancm      |          Owner:
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Very High  |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.8.x-final
Component:  Tor        |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.8.1-alpha
 Severity:  Critical   |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  crash      |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:             |         Points:
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Comment (by yancm):

 Here's what I have found so far.  I compiled tor with debug symbols and
 have experimented with executables for both test and tor in gdb.  I tried
 to set a break at the main entry point, but any time it ran, it ended up
 crashed in the openssl code somewhere.  I could not get a backtrace as the
 stack was somehow no longer available.  I did manage to get a debug build
 of the openssl 1.1.0.dev.alpha3 (something like that anyway), but then
 openssl changed their configure and build scripts with 1.1.0.dev.alpha4
 and I have not yet been able to get a new debug build of openssl...or any
 build really.

 My next step is to turn in an openssl ticket on the build problems and
 will also ask how to preserve the stack on debug as apparently that is a
 flag in the config that I cannot figure out...

 My apologies for moving slow on this one, day job and life etc. are
 limiting my time on this ATM...

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