libc_function_args and syscall_args error when installing gef-extras

[pctripsesp]

• [x ] Did you use the latest version of GEF from dev branch?
• [x ] Is your bug specific to GEF (not GDB)? - Try to reproduce it running gdb -nx
• [ x] Did you search through the documentation first?
• [ x] Did you check issues (including the closed ones) - and the PR?

Step 1: Describe your environment

• Operating System / Distribution: Kali Linux
• Architecture: x86_64
• GEF version (including the Python library version) run version in GEF.

gef➤  version
GEF: (Standalone)
Blob Hash(/home/kali/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py): 8dc57b700e3c1c85822449033a01c94dfae9e4a6
SHA256(/home/kali/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py): 63d3e10d38a367c3e4d37de8e0701bcdff2a4e7c9a0a4ec5d83ccb8b2fe6188d
GDB: 12.1
GDB-Python: 3.10

Step 2: Describe your problem

Running gef after installing gef-extras leaves me with this:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/kali/.config/gef-extras/scripts/libc_function_args/__init__.py", line 139, in <module>
    register_external_context_pane(
TypeError: register_external_context_pane() got an unexpected keyword argument 'condition'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/kali/.config/gef-extras/scripts/syscall_args/__init__.py", line 138, in <module>
    register_external_context_pane(
TypeError: register_external_context_pane() got an unexpected keyword argument 'condition'
[+] 41 extra commands added from '/home/kali/.config/gef-extras/scripts' in 0.40 seconds
Reading symbols from myapp...
(No debugging symbols found in myapp)
[*] Not a valid file format: Config `context.libc_args_path` set but it's not a directory

[pctripsesp]

There is no folder called glibc-function-args at /home/kali/.config/gef-extras/

>gef config

context.libc_args_path (str) = "/home/kali/.config/gef-extras/glibc-function-args"

[hugsy]

This is not a bug in GEF, you need to set context.libc_args_path setting properly (see gef-extras/scripts/libc_function_args/tables/)

[pctripsesp]

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/kali/.config/gef-extras/scripts/libc_function_args/init.py", line 139, in register_external_context_pane( TypeError: register_external_context_pane() got an unexpected keyword argument 'condition' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/kali/.config/gef-extras/scripts/syscall_args/init.py", line 138, in register_external_context_pane( TypeError: register_external_context_pane() got an unexpected keyword argument 'condition'

Yes, this solves 3d error, there are still two more

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/kali/.config/gef-extras/scripts/libc_function_args/__init__.py", line 139, in <module>
    register_external_context_pane(
TypeError: register_external_context_pane() got an unexpected keyword argument 'condition'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/kali/.config/gef-extras/scripts/syscall_args/__init__.py", line 138, in <module>
    register_external_context_pane(
TypeError: register_external_context_pane() got an unexpected keyword argument 'condition'

[Emiluren]

I just ran into this problem as well. I solved it by switching to the dev branch for gef. (At first I tried using the main branch for gef-extras instead but got a lot of warnings about deprecated functions)

[MUWASEC]

i also get the same bug, switching between main to dev branch and vice versa still not fix the issue

gef➤  gef config gef.extra_plugins_dir '/home/xxx/gdb-src/gef-extras/scripts/'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/xxx/gdb-src/gef-extras/scripts/syscall_args/__init__.py", line 138, in <module>
    register_external_context_pane(
TypeError: register_external_context_pane() got an unexpected keyword argument 'condition'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/xxx/gdb-src/gef-extras/scripts/libc_function_args/__init__.py", line 139, in <module>
    register_external_context_pane(
TypeError: register_external_context_pane() got an unexpected keyword argument 'condition'
[+] 41 extra commands added from '/home/xxx/gdb-src/gef-extras/scripts/' in 0.52 seconds

setting the context.libc_args_path to gef-extras/scripts/libc_function_args/tables/ is also still not fixing the issue

[hugsy]

Closing, this was fixed with #98