maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 198384] www/firefox - dies with "Bus error" when trying to run on FreeBSD 8

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parv at pair.com has reassigned Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla at FreeBSD.org>'s
request for maintainer-feedback to gecko at FreeBSD.org:
Bug 198384: www/firefox - dies with "Bus error" when trying to run on FreeBSD 8
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198384



--- Description ---
www/firefox 36.0,1 (earlier attempt was with 35.x), compiled with default
options, dies when trying to run (under /bin/sh login shell, from xterm) with
"Bus error" & dumps core.

uname ...

  # uname -a
  FreeBSD holstein.holy.cow 8.4-STABLE FreeBSD 8.4-STABLE #4 r279514: Tue Mar 
3 08:02:19 HST 2015    
root at holstein.holy.cow:/misc/obj/misc/src.svn/8/sys/X200-SMP.8	i386

ident ...

  # ident /usr/ports/www/firefox/Makefile
  /usr/ports/www/firefox/Makefile:
       $FreeBSD: head/www/firefox/Makefile 380090 2015-02-27 14:42:51Z jbeich $

sem (just in case) ...

 # kldstat -v| grep sem
		205 sysvsem
		207 sem


firefox dies consistently when trying to run even for the very first time; so
it is reproducible.