Bug#360513: libgtk2.0-0: gtk application crashes eventually after
upgrade on testing
Alexandre Pereira Nunes
alexandre.nunes at gmail.com
Wed Apr 5 23:22:13 UTC 2006
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description so that I can fix my program if it's eventually outdated?
>>
>>
>
>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.
>
> Sjoerd
>
>
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
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