]> Hello, The synopsis of this message is to ask that the Ocaml source code prepend a Ocaml specific string, "ml_", "caml_" or "ocaml_" to all function names in Ocaml's source code to avoid name collisions with other packages. My case is made below :) I'm using mod_caml and mod_smbauth in an Apache 1 process. mod_smbauth is used to authenticate access to the web server using our ActiveDirectory server. http://www.tekrat.com/smbauth.php When mod_caml.so is enabled in Apache httpd's conf file, it core dumps with this stack backtrace: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 1075767456 (LWP 3544)] 0x40b8a9cc in string_init (dest=0x40cb146c, src=0x1 <Address 0x1 out of bounds>) at lib/util_str.c:1142 1142 l = strlen(src); (gdb) bt #0 0x40b8a9cc in string_init (dest=0x40cb146c, src=0x1 <Address 0x1 out of bounds>) at lib/util_str.c:1142 #1 0x40b8ab21 in string_set (dest=0x1, src=0x0) at lib/util_str.c:1187 #2 0x40c34a4e in interprete () from /opt/i386-linux/installed/apache-1.3.29-g/libexec/mod_caml.so #3 0x40c265b1 in caml_main () from /opt/i386-linux/installed/apache-1.3.29-g/libexec/mod_caml.so #4 0x40c22ff4 in init () at mod_caml_c.c:80 #5 0x40c36975 in __do_global_ctors_aux () from /opt/i386-linux/installed/apache-1.3.29-g/libexec/mod_caml.so #6 0x40c20b95 in _init () from /opt/i386-linux/installed/apache-1.3.29-g/libexec/mod_caml.so ... Looking at the function names, both the Samba library and the Ocaml source code have a function named string_set. It's odd though that the function name is binding to the Samba function in mod_smbauth.so instead of the name in mod_caml.so, but then I'm not an expert in shared library binding. % nm mod_caml.so | grep string_set 00019846 T string_set % nm mod_smbauth.so | grep string_set 00052afe T string_set 000552f9 T string_set_w Now this may be a bug that can be worked around, but given Ocaml's popularity in being linked with other packages, it seems like a good idea to put all the Ocaml names into their own space via a prepend. I'd be happy to do some of this work by submitting patches to the appropriate people/mailing list for review. Let me know. Best, Blair -- Blair Zajac <blair@orcaware.com> Plots of your system's performance - http://www.orcaware.com/orca/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners