Aldo segfaults when no filename is given for the 3. Read from file option

[John Plaxco]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start aldo from the terminal
2. Choose option 3
3. Press enter without providing a filename

Expected result:

A warning message saying that no filename was provided. Return to the main menu.

Actual result:

Segmentation fault, program crashes.

Additional information:

Same behavior when a file that doesn't exist is entered. Apparently the filename isn't being checked before being passed to the underlying library.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: aldo 0.7.6-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.53-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 12 18:03:37 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: aldo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-10-21 (83 days ago)

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[FanJun Kong - ( BH1SCW ) (fjkong)]

this is fixed in new version 0.7.7
close it

[Greg Beam (ki7mt)]

Just a quick update:

* 0.7.7 is on Savanna: http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/aldo/aldo-0.7.7.tar.bz2
* 0.7.7-1 is also in Jessie, Stretch and Sid
* 0.7.7-1 is now in Ubuntu Vivid

We should be able to close this on the next turn in September.