Bug#534171: asc_mapedit fails with "Unable to initialize PhysicsFS" error.

[Dimitar Kavlakov]

Package: asc
Version: 2.1.0.0-2
Severity: important

When asc_map edit is started it fails immediately with the folloing error:


Unable to initialize PhysicsFS !
Invalid argumentterminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
  what():  basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid


Reproduced on various up to date testing/unstable instalations with the official 2.1.0 package and with compiled 2.2.0 and 2.3.x packages.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-plastic.686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=bg_BG.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=bg_BG.CP1251 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to bg_BG.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages asc depends on:
ii  asc-data           2.1.0.0-2             data files for the Advanced Strate
ii  libboost-regex1.38 1.38.0-6              regular expression library for C++
ii  libbz2-1.0         1.0.5-2               high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6              2.9-15                GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libexpat1          2.0.1-4               XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libflac8           1.2.1-1.2             Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtim
ii  libfreetype6       2.3.9-5               FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1            1:4.4.0-6             GCC support library
ii  libjpeg62          6b-14                 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmikmod2         3.1.11-a-6            A portable sound library
ii  libogg0            1.1.3-5               Ogg Bitstream Library
ii  libphysfs1         2.0.0-3               filesystem abstraction library for
ii  libpng12-0         1.2.37-1              PNG library - runtime
ii  libsdl-image1.2    1.2.6-3               image loading library for Simple D
ii  libsdl-mixer1.2    1.2.8-6               mixer library for Simple DirectMed
ii  libsdl-sound1.2    1.0.3-3               Decoder of several sound file form
ii  libsdl1.2debian    1.2.13-4+b1           Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libsigc++-1.2-5c2  1.2.7-2               type-safe Signal Framework for C++
ii  libsmpeg0          0.4.5+cvs20030824-2.2 SDL MPEG Player Library - shared l
ii  libspeex1          1.2~rc1-1             The Speex codec runtime library
ii  libstdc++6         4.4.0-6               The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtiff4           3.8.2-11              Tag Image File Format (TIFF) libra
ii  libvorbis0a        1.2.0.dfsg-5          The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbisfile3     1.2.0.dfsg-5          The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  zlib1g             1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13     compression library - runtime

Versions of packages asc recommends:
ii  asc-music                     1.3-1      music pack for ASC

asc suggests no packages.

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