Re: [Evolution] Logwatch reports segmentation faults in Evolution

[Tim McConnell <tmcconnell168 gmail com>]

On Mon, 2022-09-26 at 07:15 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-09-23 at 12:47 -0500, Tim McConnell via evolution-list
> wrote:
> > I'm on Evolution 3.45.3-2 and my logwatch has been reporting
> > segmentation faults for the last few days.
>
>         Hi,
> I do not know what logwatch is, nor how one gets more detailed
> information out of it, but if you face evolution process crashes,
> then
> I suggest to run it from a terminal under gdb and get the backtrace
> when the crash happens. Note the gdb will catch it and will wait for
> an
> input while the GUI will look frozen. A command can be:
>
>    $ gdb evolution --ex r
>
> and once it stops do:
>
>    (gdb) bt
>
> to print the current thread backtrace. An information before this
> command can be useful too, possibly showing some runtime warnings. To
> quit gdb simply execute command in its prompt:
>
>    (gdb) q
>
> Please check the backtrace for any private information, like
> passwords,
> email addresses, server addresses,... I usually search for "pass" at
> least (quotes for clarity only).
>
>         Bye,
>         Milan
>
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I got the backtrace: 

[Thread 0x7fff39be4640 (LWP 1160777) exited]

Thread 1 "evolution" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff707d467 in g_mutex_lock () from /lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff707d467 in g_mutex_lock ()
    at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#1  0x00007ffff24af3ab in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsoup-3.0.so.0
#2  0x00007ffff24bf86d in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsoup-3.0.so.0
#3  0x00007ffff24bf959 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsoup-3.0.so.0
#4  0x00007ffff7029739 in g_main_context_dispatch ()
    at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5  0x00007ffff70299c8 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#6  0x00007ffff7029c7f in g_main_loop_run ()
    at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#7  0x00007ffff764a265 in gtk_main () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-
3.so.0
#8  0x0000555555558f3a in main ()
(gdb) evolution --ex r
Undefined command: "evolution".  Try "help".
(gdb) evolution --ex r
Undefined command: "evolution".  Try "help".
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff707d467 in g_mutex_lock ()
    at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#1  0x00007ffff24af3ab in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsoup-3.0.so.0
#2  0x00007ffff24bf86d in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsoup-3.0.so.0
#3  0x00007ffff24bf959 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsoup-3.0.so.0
#4  0x00007ffff7029739 in g_main_context_dispatch ()
    at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5  0x00007ffff70299c8 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#6  0x00007ffff7029c7f in g_main_loop_run ()
    at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#7  0x00007ffff764a265 in gtk_main () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-
3.so.0
#8  0x0000555555558f3a in main ()
(gdb) Missing chrome or resource URL:
resource://gre/modules/UpdateListener.jsm
Missing chrome or resource URL:
resource://gre/modules/UpdateListener.sys.mjs
bt full
#0  0x00007ffff707d467 in g_mutex_lock ()
    at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#1  0x00007ffff24af3ab in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsoup-3.0.so.0
#2  0x00007ffff24bf86d in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsoup-3.0.so.0
#3  0x00007ffff24bf959 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsoup-3.0.so.0
#4  0x00007ffff7029739 in g_main_context_dispatch ()
    at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5  0x00007ffff70299c8 in  () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#6  0x00007ffff7029c7f in g_main_loop_run ()
    at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#7  0x00007ffff764a265 in gtk_main () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-
3.so.0
#8  0x0000555555558f3a in main ()
(gdb) evolution --ex r
Undefined command: "evolution".  Try "help".

So now the question is do I file a bug with libglib or libsoup? 

-- 
Tim McConnell <tmcconnell168 gmail com>