Bug#322070: gksu: sigsegv at startup with -u root option

[kenoby]

On Wednesday 10 August 2005 03:56, you wrote:
> Em Qua, 2005-08-10 às 02:02 +0200, kenoby escreveu:
> > (gdb) run -u root /usr/sbin/synaptic
> > Starting program: /usr/bin/gksu -u root /usr/sbin/synaptic
> > [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> > [New Thread -1217714496 (LWP 5659)]
> >
> > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> > [Switching to Thread -1217714496 (LWP 5659)]
> > 0x0804ca9e in main (argc=4, argv=0xbfa6e5d4) at gksu.c:1097
> > 1097          if (!strcmp (tmp, "default"))
> >
> > (gdb) bt
> > #0  0x0804ca9e in main (argc=4, argv=0xbfa6e5d4) at gksu.c:1097
>
> That helps! =)
>
> I believe I understand the problem now. Would you mind trying the
> attached patch? Simply droping it into debian/patches and rebuilding the
> package should do.
>
> Thanks,

the patch works for me. thanks for this fast bugfix :-)

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