Bug#360513: libgtk2.0-0: gtk application crashes eventually after upgrade on testing

[Alexandre Pereira Nunes]

Sjoerd Simons wrote:

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>>I'll later on, on the meanwhile can you please point me to a change 
>>description so that I can fix my program if it's eventually outdated?
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>Glib uses a new memory allocate (slice allocator), you don't have to change
>your  program for it. But as a consequence of this change, crashes as a result
>of allocation bugs are triggered a lot easier. Some bugs we've have seen is
>using g_free instead of g_object_unref and referencing a Glist  data pointer
>after the element has been removed.
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>  Sjoerd
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Just to see if I got it (sorry), am I supposed to run it with 
G_SLICE=always-malloc in order to prevent my program from crashing, or 
will it (I would prefer it) somehow help me spotting some possible bug 
on it?

Thanks again,

Alexandre