Re: Gnome2-1.0.21 - GnomeIconList fails with glibc error

[Jeff Trefftzs <trefftzs tcsn net>]

On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 19:01 +0100, Torsten Schoenfeld wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 09:18 -0800, Jeff Trefftzs wrote:
>
> > t/GnomeIconList..........ok 12/12*** glibc detected *** corrupted
> > double-linked list: 0x08f9fbd8 ***
>
> Just like muppet said, this is a bug in libgnomeui:
>
> ==1669== Invalid free() / delete / delete[]
> ==1669==    at 0x1B900FCA: free (vg_replace_malloc.c:153)
> ==1669==    by 0x1BE70111: IA__g_free (gmem.c:187)
> ==1669==    by 0x1CEF33BB: icon_destroy (in /home/torsten/opt/gnome-2.10/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0.1000.0)
> ==1669==    by 0x1CEF349A: gnome_icon_list_clear (in 
> /home/torsten/opt/gnome-2.10/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0.1000.0)
> ==1669==    by 0x1CEF3657: gil_destroy (in /home/torsten/opt/gnome-2.10/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0.1000.0)
>
> I wasn't able to track it down yet.  And I've no idea why that library
> has no debugging symbols even though it was compiled with -g.
>
> I think for now your best bet is just to ignore the test failure and
> wait for the bug to be fixed.  If you need Gnome2::IconList, consider
> Gtk2::IconView instead.

Thanks, Torsten.  I was tempted to try just this, but thought I'd better
check w/ you guys first.  If the rot is setting in in glibc, who knows
how far it might spread ... ?

-- 
Jeff