Re: gupnp_device_info_get_udn: assertion 'GUPNP_IS_DEVICE_INFO (info)' failed

[Nick Deubert <ndeubert gmail com>]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Steve Harrington
<steven harrington comcast net> wrote:
> I've written a program using libgupnp and libvlc to access a Ceton eth6 TV
> tuner. The user program has not been changed for months and has worked well.
> I've suddenly started getting the following error:
>
> (CetonPlay:21673): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable type
> '<unknown>' in cast to 'GUPnPDeviceInfo'
>
> ** (CetonPlay:21673): CRITICAL **: gupnp_device_info_get_udn: assertion
> 'GUPNP_IS_DEVICE_INFO (info)' failed
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> These errors trace back to:
>
> resource_expire() at gssdp-resource-browser.c:662
> (a screenshot of the trace is attached)
>
> The obvious (to me) suspect is a change in a system library (libgssdp,
> libgupnp, libgobject, ...) but I can find no sign that any of these has been
> updated recently.
>
> I'm not sure how to go at this so any pointers appreciated.
>
> I am running Linux Mint 17

On Ubuntu you can see the package upgrade history in
"var/log/apt/history.log, so I assume Mint is similar.