blastem is linking against the wrong debug_message function ?
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My setup is an up-to-date Gentoo Linux x86_64.
note : it might be a duplicate of https://github.com/libretro/blastem/issues/15 since i'm getting the same error message :
[INFO] Did not find a valid content patch.
Erreur de segmentation (core dumped)
Using gdb i get this :
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007ffff35cf849 in debug_message () at /usr/lib64/libsmbconf.so.0
#1 0x00007fffef92da06 in configure_rom (rom_db=0x555556107a20, vrom=0x5555562668f0, rom_size=1048576, lock_on=0x0, lock_on_size=0, base_map=0x7fffef9b19a0 <base_map>, base_chunks=4) at romdb.c:910
#2 0x00007fffef8d8423 in alloc_config_genesis (rom=0x5555562668f0, rom_size=1048576, lock_on=0x0, lock_on_size=0, ym_opts=0, force_region=0 '\000') at genesis.c:2075
#3 0x00007fffef8d1486 in alloc_config_system (stype=SYSTEM_GENESIS, media=0x7fffef9b6c00 <current_media>, opts=0, force_region=0 '\000') at system.c:71
#4 0x00007fffef8d08bc in retro_load_game (game=0x555556109580) at libblastem.c:266
So apparently It is happening because debug_message calls aren't using the function in util.c, instead some function in /usr/lib64/libsmbconf.so.0 (some samba library i guess) is used.
I have no explanation for this, and it happens with both buildbot's core and self-built core.
Renaming debug_message fixes the crash.
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Start by reading the debug_message definition in util.c and the calls shown in romdb.c:910, then reproduce the crash with the Gentoo or self-built core and inspect the linked symbols. Done means the core no longer resolves debug_message to /usr/lib64/libsmbconf.so.0 and the reported ROM-loading path completes without the segmentation fault.
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