Bug#694260: Fwd: Re: [Bug-freedink] Bug#694260: freedink: Stack corruption

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

2013/1/6 Bas Wijnen <wijnen at debian.org>:
>> I tried to use the "save4.dat" but the hero doesn't appear in front of
>> any cave, but inside castle walls, with "screen locked", and I have to
>> kill monsters through walls (!?!?) so the screen unlocks and I can get
>> out of the castle.  Still, no caves.
>
> The instruction for that one was only meant for Sylvain, who knows how
> to install and run "d-mods". I created the "minibug" dmod to make it
> easier for you. ;-)

Yep, I know, and I appreciate it.  I was trying to use "save4.dat"
since I wasn't getting any enlightening info with your dmod.

The problem seems to be inside Mix_LoadMUSType_RW, but without
debugging information or modifying the source, that's as far as I can
get.

I was looking at the upstream repository and bug tracker but I didn't
find any related fix or bug report.


>> Perhaps we should have a -dbg package for the library, but unless this
>> is urgent or a very important problem for the game (you said that it
>> had multiple bugs/crashes), I would prefer to wait until after the
>> release (I am a bit busy right now).
>
> Yes, waiting until after the release is fine. The code isn't as buggy as
> I appearantly suggested. However, I've only seen this problem with one
> add-on (not with the original game). So it's not really a problem at
> all. But it is a bug, so it should be fixed.
>
> Whether a -dbg package is useful depends on if it would be useful for
> many users. One bug doesn't require a package to solve it.

I think that it will be useful in general for people for all
[important] SDL modules, esp. when they stumble upon this kind of
problems.

Maybe with that enabled we can pinpoint the problem easily, or at
least see the full information in the backtraces.

So I will try to add -dbg packages and revisit this problem when
freeze is over -- unless somebody beats me to it, of course ;-)


Cheers.
-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>