Copy to clipboard causes segfault

[Alexander Jones]

Binary package hint: devhelp

Both Ctrl+C shortcut and Edit -> Copy causes this segfault:

#0 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#1 0x00007f8b12788eb6 in dh_gecko_utils_copy_selection ()
   from /usr/lib/libdevhelp-1.so.0
#2 0x00007f8b130b206d in IA__g_closure_invoke (closure=0x2537fb0,
    return_value=0x0, n_param_values=1, param_values=0x7fff1d6d3750,
    invocation_hint=0x7fff1d6d3650)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gclosure.c:767
#3 0x00007f8b130c7f30 in signal_emit_unlocked_R (node=0x246db30, detail=0,
    instance=0x1b1deb0, emission_return=0x0,
    instance_and_params=0x7fff1d6d3750)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gsignal.c:2975
#4 0x00007f8b130c9644 in IA__g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x1b1deb0,
    signal_id=<value optimized out>, detail=0, var_args=0x7fff1d6d39b0)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gsignal.c:2707
#5 0x00007f8b130c9bd3 in IA__g_signal_emit (instance=0x26578a0,
    signal_id=493696192, detail=0)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gsignal.c:2765
#6 0x00007f8b14f01893 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#7 0x00007f8b14f03b34 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#8 0x00007f8b130b206d in IA__g_closure_invoke (closure=0x253e030,
    return_value=0x7fff1d6d3c60, n_param_values=4,
    param_values=0x7fff1d6d3d20, invocation_hint=0x7fff1d6d3c20)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gclosure.c:767
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#9 0x00007f8b130c7f30 in signal_emit_unlocked_R (node=0x2467680, detail=773,
    instance=0x245db80, emission_return=0x7fff1d6d3f20,
    instance_and_params=0x7fff1d6d3d20)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gsignal.c:2975
#10 0x00007f8b130c94ff in IA__g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x245db80,
    signal_id=<value optimized out>, detail=773, var_args=0x7fff1d6d3f80)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gsignal.c:2717
#11 0x00007f8b130c9bd3 in IA__g_signal_emit (instance=0x26578a0,
    signal_id=493696192, detail=0)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gsignal.c:2765
#12 0x00007f8b14efd795 in gtk_accel_group_activate ()
   from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#13 0x00007f8b14efd89e in gtk_accel_groups_activate ()
   from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#14 0x00007f8b151096e3 in gtk_window_activate_key ()
   from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#15 0x00007f8b1510aba7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#16 0x00007f8b14fd6503 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#17 0x00007f8b130b206d in IA__g_closure_invoke (closure=0x2440f50,
    return_value=0x7fff1d6d4310, n_param_values=2,
    param_values=0x7fff1d6d43d0, invocation_hint=0x7fff1d6d42d0)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gclosure.c:767
#18 0x00007f8b130c7c14 in signal_emit_unlocked_R (node=0x24410a0, detail=0,
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
    instance=0x244d000, emission_return=0x7fff1d6d45d0,
    instance_and_params=0x7fff1d6d43d0)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gsignal.c:3013
#19 0x00007f8b130c94ff in IA__g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x244d000,
    signal_id=<value optimized out>, detail=0, var_args=0x7fff1d6d4630)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gsignal.c:2717
#20 0x00007f8b130c9bd3 in IA__g_signal_emit (instance=0x26578a0,
    signal_id=493696192, detail=0)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/gobject/gsignal.c:2765
#21 0x00007f8b150f260e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#22 0x00007f8b14fcda25 in gtk_propagate_event ()
   from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#23 0x00007f8b14fceaab in gtk_main_do_event ()
   from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#24 0x00007f8b14c33a1c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#25 0x00007f8b129dbc8b in IA__g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x1b22140)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/glib/gmain.c:2068
#26 0x00007f8b129df46d in g_main_context_iterate (context=0x1b22140, block=1,
    dispatch=1, self=<value optimized out>)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/glib/gmain.c:2701
#27 0x00007f8b129df99d in IA__g_main_loop_run (loop=0x2a92260)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.17.3/glib/gmain.c:2924
#28 0x00007f8b14fcef27 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#29 0x000000000040177d in ?? ()
#30 0x00007f8b1220b466 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
#31 0x00000000004012d9 in ?? ()
#32 0x00007fff1d6d4bb8 in ?? ()
#33 0x000000000000001c in ?? ()
#34 0x0000000000000001 in ?? ()
#35 0x00007fff1d6d5762 in ?? ()
#36 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

100% reproduceable on my system.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 20 17:29:09 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: devhelp 0.19.1-3ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/username/.local/bin
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: devhelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.26-3-generic x86_64

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

thanks for the report, it looks like http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=539624

[Felipe De la Puente (fdelapuente)]

The same here, intrepid, AMD64. The issue reported by apport is:

devhelp crashed with SIGSEGV in dh_gecko_utils_copy_selection()

Since I haven't a copy menu after right clicking over the text, I've "CTRL+C"ed, and then it crashed after a while at high CPU usage.

Greetings, Felipe.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the bug has been fixed upstream now

[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

The attached patch is a merge from 0.19.1-5 in Debian which fix this issue. Build and tested successfully.
Note that with the resulting binaries I was unable to reproduce bug 257272, bug 261985 and bug 264847

[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

I can confirm that this also fixes bug 257272 and bug 264847.

[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

As discussed with seb128, as an alternative you may want to upload the newest upstream version (0.20).
Its basically 0.19.1 with all Ubuntu/Debian patches (but the one fixing the alpha FTBFS) plus updated translations.
Builds, installs and works fine; diff.gz is attached.

[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

This includes the change from 0.19.1-6 (see http://bugs.debian.org/491359).

[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

Upstream just release 0.21:

NEW in 0.21:
============

Updated translations: hi, ar, it, sr, sr@latin, pt.

Many thanks to the translators: Rajesh Ranjan, Djihed Afifi, Luca
Ferretti, Goran Rakić, Duarte Loreto, Francesco Marletta, Khaled
Hosny.

Builds, installs and works fine; diff.gz is attached.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your work on this update

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package devhelp - 0.21-0ubuntu1

---------------
devhelp (0.21-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (LP: #250290, LP: #257272 and LP: #264847):
    - remove patches 02_gecko_1.9.patch, 05_autotools_update.patch,
      06_fix_ftbfs_in_g_set_error.patch and 70_autoconf.patch
      now applied upstream
      (there is still a small delta with Debian remaining since they moved
      #include <nsStringAPI.h> before #ifdef XPCOM_GLUE in dh-gecko-utils.cpp
      to solve a FTBFS on alpha).
  * Remove cdbs workaround, not needed anymore.
  * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.0 (No Changes).
  * Remove Build-Depends on -1 revisions.
  * Recommend xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support.

 -- Cesare Tirabassi <email address hidden> Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:40:07 +0200