Re: gdnc core dumps

[Andreas Höschler]

Hi Wolfgang,

> > I have upgraded to a rather recent GNUstep version on our Debian 
> > system but I still get gdnc core dumps. Any idea what this might be 
> > caused by and how this can be prevented?
>
> Hmmm, this looks like you have either compiled GNUstep with -DDEBUG or 
> you have set the environment variable CRASH_ON_ABORT. In both cases, 
> the signal handler installed by gdnc will call the abort function. 
> Unfortunately, the handler is installed for SIGABRT, too, which causes 
> the infinite recursion you are seeing. Probably, the best fix is to 
> not install the signal handler for SIGABRT. The following patch should 
> fix that.
>
> Index: gdnc.m
> ===================================================================
> --- gdnc.m      (revision 24911)
> +++ gdnc.m      (working copy)
> @@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@
>      for (sym = 0; sym < NSIG; sym++)
>        {
> +        if (sym == SIGABRT) continue;
> #ifdef  SIGPROF
>         if (sym == SIGPROF) continue;
> #endif

Thanks a lot!

Regards,

  Andreas