[Bug 436758] Re: nih: nih_alloc() doesn't align returned pointer for picky platforms like sparc

[Scott Kitterman]

Upgrading to Lucid would not be a good idea.  Sparc is known not to work
on Lucid.  Debian is definitely a better option for sparc systems.

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Title:
  nih: nih_alloc() doesn't align returned pointer for picky platforms
  like sparc

Status in NIH Utility Library:
  Fix Released
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in Upstart:
  Fix Released
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: upstart

  On SPARC servers running karmic, upstart currently seems to segfault
  on startup, causing init to abort and the system to crash; this
  regression appears to have been introduced with upstart 0.6.3, but I
  haven't isolated the exact upload which broke uploads. In addition,
  when current versions of upstart are installed on SPARC, the system
  spontaneously seems to restart in the postinst for unclear reasons.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Sep 25 13:23:42 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: upstart 0.6.3-3
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
  SourcePackage: upstart
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64

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