gthumb crashed with SIGSEGV in gth_file_view_get_cursor() after re-creating files in directory viewed

[jan]

Binary package hint: gthumb

I was instructed to create a new bug with Apport (which is disabled by default in stable releases: see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport, and unlike stated in that documentation only kicks in after a system reboot) .
All further information from the original bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gthumb/+bug/319498

I am viewing a directory with gthumb.
The GIF files in the directory are created with a script.
The script first deletes all the files in the directory, and then builds all files anew, adding a few new ones in addition to updating the files that were already present.

The image of the current file is updated (as it should).
However, the file list is not updated correctly, and performing a "show next image", gthumb crashes with :

(gthumb:13331): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_path_get_indices: assertion `path != NULL' failed
[3]+ Segmentation fault gthumb gifs

Kernel info:
Linux 2.6.24-23-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 27 18:44:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linu

gthumb --version:
GNOME gthumb 2.10.8

lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

apt-cache policy gthumb:
gthumb:
  Installed: 3:2.10.8-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3:2.10.8-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3:2.10.8-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3:2.10.6-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jan 24 10:31:33 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gthumb
Package: gthumb 3:2.10.8-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gthumb gifs
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gthumb
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgthumb.so
 gth_file_view_get_cursor () from /usr/lib/libgthumb.so
 ?? ()
 gth_browser_show_next_image ()
 ?? ()
Title: gthumb crashed with SIGSEGV in gth_file_view_get_cursor()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin plugdev sambashare scanner video

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:gfv_get_cursor (file_view=0x82ffe60)
gth_file_view_get_cursor (file_view=0x82ffe60)
view_focused_image (browser=<value optimized out>)
gth_browser_show_next_image (browser=0x0, only_selected=0)
viewer_key_press_cb (widget=0x8320040, event=0x84a4c10,

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

upstream bug was marked obsolete "Marking as obsolete, due to the rewrite in ext branch"