Re: [Pan-users] Segfault at exit

[Jim Henderson]

On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 01:04:31 +0100, Petr Kovar wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> 
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 23:23:09 +0000 (UTC)
> Jim Henderson
> <hendersj-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w-
address@hidden>
> wrote:
> 
>> As I prepare to take some time off work over the holidays, I thought I
>> might try to track down a minor issue that's been bugging me for a
>> little bit now - when I exit Pan, I get a segfault, and it appears to
>> happen at a time that stops the app from writing all of its "last read"
>> information out.
>> 
>> It's been happening for a while now, with various builds, using the
>> data I have right now.  I'm guessing that the issue isn't a code bug,
>> but rather something wrong in my data files.  I'd rather not recreate
>> my config from scratch, so I'm trying to track down the problematic
>> config file so I can fix it.
>> 
>> Call it a "foxhunt" if you like. Something of a puzzle to be solved. :)
>> 
>> I built a debug build and did a backtrace in gdb, and it points to
>> pan.cc line 1140.  That seems to tie to the process of freeing up
>> secured passwords in memory, so I thought it might be something in
>> servers.xml, but I don't see anything obvious in that file that's a
>> problem (other than perhaps a missing CR/LF at the end of the file, but
>> I tried adding that and the behavior didn't change).
> 
> Yep, I can confirm that issue. It's only present when you compile in
> support for gnome-keyring (HAVE_GKR). Patches welcome. :)

Good to know - since I don't tend to use gnome-keyring with Pan, I'll 
just work around it by disabling the option. :)

Jim

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