Dear David, dear list, thanks for your kind and helpful reply and suggestions. I am a bit embarassed to say that the error just disappeared this morning after resuming my laptop from suspending. I will report back here if the error returns, but for now please consider this as solved/obsolete. Thanks again, best, P * David Bremner <david@tethera.net> [2026-04-06 06:37]: > "Peter P." <peterparker@fastmail.com> writes: > > > Hi list, > > > > (please CC me in your replies, as I am not subscribed to this list) > > > > I am getting errors and "Aborted" messages upon running > > notmuch new > > on a working installation since a few days. The error is > > double free or corruption (out) > > Aborted > > or with --verbose it's a simple > > Segmentation fault > > You can also try notmuch new --debug, which might give us a bit more > information. > > > > > Here is the backtrace: > > > > (gdb) double free or corruption (out) > > Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. > > 0x00007ffff7b8195c in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 > > (gdb) bt > > #0 0x00007ffff7b8195c in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 > > Can you try with notmuch-dbgsym and libnotmuch5t64-dbgsym installed? You > will need to add apt sources > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug/ stable-debug main > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug/ proposed-updates-debug main > > (the second is probably optional). > > If the segmentation fault happens relatively quickly, it may be > worthwhile running notmuch under valgrind > > I have tried re-creating the entire database but without success. What > > could I try next? This is notmuch 0.39 on a Debian stable system. > > > > If recreating the database didn't work, it would be good to eliminate > file system corruption (with fsck) and hardware problems (with > smartctl). > > Another thing to try is notmuch 0.40-1~bpo13+1 from stable backports. > > Out of curiousity, is there anything exotic about the filesystem? > > d _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list -- notmuch@notmuchmail.org To unsubscribe send an email to notmuch-leave@notmuchmail.org