[artix-general] smtpd segfault error 4 in libevent-2.1.so.7.0.1

[epektasis]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 02:44:44PM +0300, Christos Nouskas wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:05:10 -0500
> epektasis via artix-general <artix-general at artixlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hello.  Seeing the following error in /var/log/messages.log
> > 
> > kernel: smtpd[2219]: segfault at 1b0 ip 00007fea7fd3840b sp
> > 00007ffda35b9030\ error 4 in libevent-2.1.so.7.0.1[7fea7fd24000+39000]
> > 
> > This has been in the logs since late last month and I only now noticed it.
> > Libevent was updated by pacman on September 21st to version 2.1.12-1.  The
> > file /usr/lib/libevent-2.1.so.7.0.1 exists.  Opensmtpd version is 6.7.1p1-6.
> > The kernel version is 5.9.1-artix1-1.
> > 
> > What is error 4 in libevent?   Any helpful suggestions welcome.
> 
> 
> Hi, these errors usually appear when a lib gets updated and a process using
> it hasn't been restarted. So, the dumb question is: have you restarted your
> smtpd? 
> 
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Thank you for your reply, nous.  Yes, smptd has been restarted (this machine
normally is shutdown every night).  I tend to pare down my system to what I
think I need, sometimes going too far; I'll look into dependencies to see if
this issue is self-inflicted.