danpei segfaults immediately when run

Bug #42184 reported by William Hood
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
danpei (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Platform: Dapper on PowerPC (Mac Mini)

To Reproduce:
1. In Synaptic select the package "danpei" for installation [in section Graphics (Universe)].
2. Open a terminal.
3. Type "danpei[ENTER]" at the bash prompt.
4. Cry.

Terminal Output:
bill@Big-Mac:~$ danpei
Danpei: Wrote configuration file => ~/.danpei.
Segmentation fault
bill@Big-Mac:~$

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Andy Price (andy-price) wrote : danpei segfault backtrace in gdb

I can confirm that this bug occurs on an up-to-date dapper i386 install too. Here's a backtrace.

Changed in danpei:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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ville palo (vi64pa) wrote :

Happens on edgy too.

ville palo (vi64pa)
Changed in danpei:
assignee: nobody → vi64pa
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ville palo (vi64pa) wrote :

After rebuild from source this doesn't happen anymore.

Changed in danpei:
assignee: vi64pa → nobody
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ville palo (vi64pa) wrote :

Even when the package is re-build with pbuilder sefault doesn't happen anymore.

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Jonne (jonathan-vanherpe) wrote :

edgy on i368, if i start it in the terminal, i get:
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

danpei is obsolete and being removed. The chances of any further bug work on it are very remote.

Changed in danpei (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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