Re: pkg/39090: pkg_admin from pkg_install-renovation fails to run with 'fetch-pkg-vulnerabilities'

[Stuart Shelton <srcshelton%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/39090; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Stuart Shelton <srcshelton%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: joerg%NetBSD.org@localhost,
 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/39090: pkg_admin from pkg_install-renovation fails to run with 
'fetch-pkg-vulnerabilities'
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:39:14 +0100

 >> find /usr/bsd/var/tmp/pkgtools/pkg_install/work/pkg_install-20080627
 >> -name audit.o
 >> ./admin/audit.o
 >
 > Hm. That doesn't explain what you are seeing. It certainly works on
 > NetBSD and I am somewhat puzzled that the same code doesn't compile
 > here.
 
 I seem to be getting a pkg_admin binary with the correct "--help"  
 output, but which won't accept the "fetch-pkg-vulnerabilities"  
 option.  In what cases can this code-path be possible?  I think you  
 mentioned some reduced-functionality bootstrap mode where this would  
 be left out?
 
 I'm thinking that there must be some relatively simple explanation for  
 this behaviour - so if we can find out what's going wrong (perhaps a  
 hard-coded path or a test which unexpectedly fails on IRIX?) then it  
 shouldn't be too much hassle to fix...
 
 (Or even, could this be due to the fact that the IRIX linker doesn't  
 re-order objects passed on the command-line, so if audit.o is passed  
 too early then it could (possibly?) be omitted entirely?)
 
 Cheers,
 
 Stuart