Crash: gtags: directory stack over flow. gtags - GNU GLOBAL 5.7.1

[Foobar]

Binary package hint: global

Just for fun I decided to run gtags on a code base of less than a million line of code and it failed. It seems this package is worthless as currently released.

[CB (cbrchrt)]

I have the same problem when running gtags -f with a file list containing just a single C file entry.

[Jerre Bowen (jerrelinux)]

The version of gtags in the Ubuntu global package is 5.7.1, as shown by "gtags --version".

I downloaded and built the TOT version of gtags (which is 5.9) from here: http://www.gnu.org/software/global/download.html.

It does not show this problem, so that is a workaround for you.

[CB (cbrchrt)]

Thanks Jerre, but do you know when we will be able to get this fix automatically via Update Manager?

[Jerre Bowen (jerrelinux)]

Sorry, CB, I don't. I don't know how often non-kernel binaries are synced
into the Ubuntu distribution.

-- Jerre

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 6:26 AM, CB <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks Jerre, but do you know when we will be able to get this fix
> automatically via Update Manager?
>
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> Crash: gtags: directory stack over flow. gtags - GNU GLOBAL 5.7.1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571118
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> Status in “global” package in Ubuntu: New
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: global
>
> Just for fun I decided to run gtags on a code base of less than a million
> line of code and it failed. It seems this package is worthless as currently
> released.
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[era (era)]

Adding an upstream task and marking as Fix Released as per comment #2.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Linking with the debian wishlist report to include newer version.

[markb (mark-blakeney)]

C'mon maintainers, this long standing bug only exists in the ancient 5.7.1 version on ubuntu. It is fixed in modern global, e.g. 6.2.8 which I have installed from source. Surely it is time for an update on ubuntu?

[Andres Gomez (Tanty) (tanty)]

Same here:
$ gtags -f file
Segmentation fault (core dumped)