Bug#808817: Segmentation fault

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

Control: tags -1 - unreproducible moreinfo
Control: tags -1 + pending

On 23-12-15 16:57, Max Kellermann wrote:
> On 2015/12/23 16:53, Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> Can you check that you have openscenegraph-plugin-osgearth installed,
>> and if not, please install it and try the globe plugin again to see if
>> that fixes the issue.
>>
>> If this is the fix, we need to add this dependency to make sure it's
>> installed.
> 
> That fixes the crash.

Thanks for the confirmation.

I can also reproduce the segfault when the package is removed.

I've added the dependency, and will upload a new qgis revision with the
fix after 2.8.5 passes the NEW queue. I'll also forward the fix upstream
for their packaging.

> Still I believe a program must never crash, even if required data is
> not present.  With the dependency, the Debian part is fixed, but I
> hope upstream fixes the bug.

QGIS is very crash prone, as it doesn't handle errors gracefully. I'm
not happy with that either, but I also cannot provide a fix for it.

Every now and then someone raises the need for a crash handler in QGIS
on their development mailinglist, which generally gets the response that
it will be implemented when someone funds the work. If you'd like to
help improve QGIS upstream you can consider donating funds if that's
within your means. It's not within my means, so don't feel burdened if
it's not within yours either.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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