Bug#726247: xboard keeps crashing when playing on a fics-server

[folkert]

Package: xboard
Version: 4.7.2-1
Severity: important

I use xboard as an interface between my chess program and a chess server using the fics software.
Every game, it crashes somewhere in the game:

(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007f4446b11f41 in XtWidgetToApplicationContext () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6
#1  0x00007f4446b18c6c in XtGetValues () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6
#2  0x00007f44480f0542 in ?? ()
#3  0x00007f44480de71f in ?? ()
#4  0x00007f44480c097b in ?? ()
#5  0x00007f4446b20817 in XtAppProcessEvent () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6
#6  0x00007f4446b1589d in XtAppMainLoop () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6
#7  0x00007f4448091bdb in ?? ()
#8  0x00007f444574b995 in __libc_start_main (main=0x7f44480912b0, argc=17, ubp_av=0x7fff85e31338, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, 
    stack_end=0x7fff85e31328) at libc-start.c:260
#9  0x00007f44480921f3 in ?? ()

Last few lines from xboard debug log:

load 8x8 board
parseboard 4, castling = 7 0 4 7 0 4
accepted move h5 from ICS, parse it.
moveNum = 4
board = 0-8 x 8
Move parsed to 'h5 (0:04)'
nps: w=-1, b=-1
Display title 'WaDuuttie(39) DeepBrutePos(38) {5 1}, gameInfo.variant = 0' 
<ICS: \012\015<12> rnbqkbnr ppppp-p- -------- -----P-p ---P---- -------- PPP--PPP RNBQKBNR B 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 WaDuuttie DeepBrutePos 1 5 1 39 38 279 297 3 P/d2-d4 (0:07) d4 1 1\012\015\012\015\015fics% 
ics input 4, castling = 7 0 4 7 0 4
Parsing board: rnbqkbnr ppppp-p- -------- -----P-p ---P---- -------- PPP--PPP RNBQKBNR B 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 WaDuuttie DeepBrutePos 1 5 1 39 38 279 297 3 P/d2-d4 (0:07) d4 1 1

load 8x8 board
parseboard 5, castling = 7 0 4 7 0 4
accepted move d4 from ICS, parse it.
moveNum = 5
board = 0-8 x 8
Move parsed to 'd4 (0:07)'
10182863 >first : time 29700
10182863 >first : otim 27900
book hit = (NULL)
10182863 >first : d4
nps: w=-1, b=-1
Display title 'WaDuuttie(39) DeepBrutePos(38) {5 1}, gameInfo.variant = 0'
<ICS: \012\015WaDuuttie(1957)(C) kibitzes: !!! +1.78/15 (7.38 sec, 8165427 \012\015\   nodes, 1106 knps) PV=d2d4 d7d5 f1d3 b8c6 c2c3 d8d6 g1e2 e7e5 \012\015\   f5e6 c8e6 c1f4 d6d7 e1g1 e8c8 b1d2 e6g4\012\015fics% 
ics input 5, castling = 7 0 4 7 0 4

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.9-1-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xboard depends on:
ii  dpkg                1.16.12
ii  install-info        5.2.0.dfsg.1-1
ii  libc6               2.17-93
ii  libcairo2           1.12.16-2
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0  2.28.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.36.4-1
ii  libice6             2:1.0.8-2
ii  librsvg2-2          2.36.4-2
ii  libsm6              2:1.2.1-2
ii  libx11-6            2:1.6.1-1
ii  libxaw7             2:1.0.11-1
ii  libxmu6             2:1.1.1-1
ii  libxpm4             1:3.5.10-1
ii  libxt6              1:1.1.4-1

Versions of packages xboard recommends:
ii  fairymax       4.8q-2
ii  xfonts-100dpi  1:1.0.3
ii  xfonts-75dpi   1:1.0.3

Versions of packages xboard suggests:
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]  297-1

-- no debconf information