I was trying to use bisect-builds to see if a bug is a regression, and if so, track down when it regressed. I downloaded the latest version through trac, but when I launch it, it doesn't seem to take notice of the -r argument, and then fails to do anything useful: Gavza 114 % bisect-builds -r r30353 Works: r37376 Fails: r39903 Checking revision r38826 (37 builds left to test after this)... Mounting disk image and running WebKit... 2009-01-14 22:12:28.087 hdiutil[23275:613] Error loading /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: dlopen(/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find: /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture 2009-01-14 22:12:28.088 hdiutil[23275:613] Cannot find function pointer MacDiskImagePluginFactory for factory 7F1FD83E-6684-11D8-968F-000A957703C0 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x418c20 </Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle> (bundle, not loaded) 2009-01-14 22:12:28.437 diskimages-helper[23277:1603] Error loading /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: dlopen(/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find: /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture 2009-01-14 22:12:28.438 diskimages-helper[23277:1603] Cannot find function pointer MacDiskImagePluginFactory for factory 7F1FD83E-6684-11D8-968F-000A957703C0 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x520c20 </Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle> (bundle, not loaded) 2009-01-14 22:12:28.447 diskimages-helper[23277:1603] Error loading /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: dlopen(/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find: /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture 2009-01-14 22:12:28.448 diskimages-helper[23277:1603] Cannot find function pointer MacDiskImagePluginFactory for factory 7F1FD83E-6684-11D8-968F-000A957703C0 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x520c20 </Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle> (bundle, not loaded) 2009-01-14 22:12:32.362 Safari[23288:613] *** CFMessagePort: bootstrap_register(): failed 1100 (0x44c) 'Permission denied', port = 0x8103, name = 'com.apple.Safari.ServiceProvider' See /usr/include/servers/bootstrap_defs.h for the error codes. It would be useful if there were documentation on the website on how to use it.
I realize that I had an old plug-in installed from when I migrated my old Mac across, which seems to be the cause of the crash, so that can be ignored (now I deleted it). I now get: Gavza 115 % bisect-builds -r r30353 Works: r37376 Fails: r39903 Checking revision r38826 (37 builds left to test after this)... Mounting disk image and running WebKit... 2009-01-14 22:21:22.486 Safari[23413:613] *** CFMessagePort: bootstrap_register(): failed 1100 (0x44c) 'Permission denied', port = 0x8103, name = 'com.apple.Safari.ServiceProvider' See /usr/include/servers/bootstrap_defs.h for the error codes. and it was unclear what I'm supposed to do. I now realize that when I quit the Safari it launches, it asks if that revision worked. More documentation would be good.
Closing as WFM given that the failure was due to an issue outside our control. Please file a new bug about documentation for bisect-builds if you feel it is an issue.