# \[Bug:1.9\] SEGV by ./ruby -e ''

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1-9-segv-by-ruby-e/139929>\
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**Created:** [June 9, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1-9-segv-by-ruby-e/139929 "2008-06-09T08:02:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-1-9-segv-by-ruby-e/139929/1 "2008-06-09T08:02:47Z")

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% ./ruby -e ‘’  
./ruby: [BUG] Segmentation fault  
ruby 1.9.0 (2008-06-09 revision 17041) [i686-linux]

## – stack frame ------------ 0000 (0xb7d36008): 00000004 0001 (0xb7d3600c): 00000001 0002 (0xb7d36010): 00000004 0003 (0xb7d36014): 00000001 \<- lfp \<- dfp – control frame ---------- c:0002 p:-34091400 s:0004 b:0004 l:000003 d:000003 TOP c:0001 p:0000 s:0002 b:0002 l:000001 d:000001 TOP :17

## – backtrace of native function call (Use addr2line) – 0x810e8fa 0x813596e 0x81359cb 0x80d4110 0xb7f6c440 0x80d381e 0x80fd5da 0x80d1ff5 0x805b094 0x80589ed 0xb7dcdea8 0x80588f1

zsh: abort (core dumped) ./ruby -e ‘’  
% gdb ./ruby  
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This GDB was configured as “i486-linux-gnu”…Using host libthread\_db  
library “/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread\_db.so.1”.

(gdb) run -e ‘’  
Starting program: /home/ruby/spawn/ruby/ruby -e ‘’  
Failed to read a valid object file image from memory.  
[Thread debugging using libthread\_db enabled]  
[New Thread -1209902208 (LWP 28299)]  
[New Thread -1208128592 (LWP 28302)]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.  
[Switching to Thread -1209902208 (LWP 28299)]  
require\_libraries (opt=0xbffd1784) at ruby.c:458  
458 while (RARRAY\_LEN(list)) {  
(gdb) bt  
#0 require\_libraries (opt=0xbffd1784) at ruby.c:458  
#1 0x080d381e in process\_options (arg=3221034980) at ruby.c:1108  
#2 0x080fd5da in rb\_vm\_call\_cfunc (recv=136088960, func=0x80d3540  
\<process\_options\>, arg=3221034980, blockptr=0x0,  
filename=135957620) at vm.c:1303  
#3 0x080d1ff5 in ruby\_process\_options (argc=3, argv=0xbffd1984) at  
ruby.c:1531  
#4 0x0805b094 in ruby\_options (argc=3, argv=0xbffd1984) at eval.c:104  
#5 0x080589ed in main (argc=3, argv=0xbffd1984, envp=0xbffd1994) at  
main.c:34  
(gdb)