tracker-indexer assert failure: *** %n in writable segment detected ***

[Anand Kumria]

Binary package hint: tracker

1)

eve[~]% lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

2)

eve[~]% apt-cache policy tracker
tracker:
  Installed: 0.6.95-1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 0.6.95-1ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.95-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://uk.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3)

No dialog to appear

4)

A crash report dialog appeared

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: *** %n in writable segment detected ***
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Nov 4 15:06:13 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-indexer
Package: tracker 0.6.95-1ubuntu3
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/tracker/tracker-indexer
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANGUAGE=C
 LANG=C
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: tracker
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 *__GI_raise (sig=6)
 *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
 __libc_message (do_abort=1, fmt=0xd520e4 "%s")
 *__GI___libc_fatal (
Title: tracker-indexer assert failure: *** %n in writable segment detected ***
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: admin audio camera cdrom dialout dip disk fax floppy fuse libvirtd lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev sambashare scanner tape video

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #439215, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.