Bug#265396: gnome-control-center: Preferred Applications (gnome-default-applications-properties) crashes on startup

[Arnaud Patard (Rtp)]

Ian McKellar <yakk@yakk.net> writes:

> Package: gnome-control-center
> Version: 1:2.6.1-11
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Starting gnome-default-application-properties on the commandline causes
> an immediate crash. Starting it from the foot menu brings up the crash
> reporting dialog. Interestingly I have this same package version
> installed on a different machine but it doesn't crash at all. It has
> older libraries though - I haven't upgraded it for a couple of days. I'm
> not sure how to track down more closely which particular dependancy is
> triggering this crash though.

Hi,

Thank you for reporting, but I must say that it's a duplicate of bug
264288. Moreover, I've already a patch for it and I'm waiting to finish
another patch to upload the package. 

Regards,
Arnaud