[apcupsd 0005216]: apctest dump core

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https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=5216 
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Reported By:                zdima
Assigned To:                laurent
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Project:                    apcupsd
Issue ID:                   5216
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     confirmed
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Date Submitted:             2014-11-14 22:06 CET
Last Modified:              2014-11-16 23:32 CET
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Summary:                    apctest dump core
Description: 
While running apctest it is dumping a core.

Configuration:
# uname -a
SunOS freenas 5.11 omnios-10b9c79 i86pc i386 i86pc

# pkginfo -l SUNWlibusb | grep VER
   VERSION:  11.11.0,REV=2013.03.05.02.28

# grep -v "^#" /etc/opt/csw/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf | grep -v "^$"
UPSNAME UPS
UPSCABLE usb
UPSTYPE usb
DEVICE 
LOCKFILE /var/spool/locks
SCRIPTDIR /etc/opt/csw/apcupsd
PWRFAILDIR /etc
NOLOGINDIR /etc
ONBATTERYDELAY 6
BATTERYLEVEL 5
MINUTES 3
TIMEOUT 0
ANNOY 300
ANNOYDELAY 60
NOLOGON disable
KILLDELAY 0
NETSERVER on
NISIP 127.0.0.1
NISPORT 3551
EVENTSFILE /var/opt/csw/apcupsd/apcupsd.events
EVENTSFILEMAX 10
UPSCLASS standalone
UPSMODE disable
STATTIME 0
STATFILE /var/opt/csw/apcupsd/apcupsd.status
LOGSTATS off
DATATIME 0

# /opt/csw/sbin/apctest 


2014-11-14 16:01:24 apctest 3.14.12 (29 March 2014) sun
Checking configuration ...
sharenet.type = Network & ShareUPS Disabled
cable.type = USB Cable
mode.type = USB UPS Driver
Setting up the port ...
Doing prep_device() ...

You are using a USB cable type, so I'm entering USB test mode
Hello, this is the apcupsd Cable Test program.
This part of apctest is for testing USB UPSes.

Getting UPS capabilities...Segmentation Fault (core dumped)


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 (0010962) laurent (manager) - 2014-11-16 23:32
 https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=5216#c10962 
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Upstream has pointed out that it is an incorrect use of apctest in the
first place: it should be run with apcupsd *not* running.

The crash is a failure, though. They provided a patch that fixes it,
displays a proper error message instead. I'll try to push an updated
package this week.