Re: segfault when creating new objects

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

At 19.12.2008 20:46, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Attached a patch that ensures that a new object is really created when
> using CreateObjectTool. 
Sorry, I don't see how adding g_return_if_fail() should ensure anything.
It is just a debug helper and can get compiled out.
Also your patch would partially revert revision 3876 (for the above 
mentioned case):

2008-01-10  Hans Breuer  <hans breuer org>

 * app/create_object.c(create_object_button_release) : don't crash on
   tool->obj being NULL, just do nothing than.

> I actually encountered this because of another
> problem with the DATADIR setting. I suppose the CreateObjectTool
> rarely fails in normal environments.
It rarely does but still should not crash.

        Hans

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