Crash on typing matrices; bug in parsing of partial matrices

[Alexander Jones]

Binary package hint: qalculate-gtk

With the GTK frontend, trying to type a Matrix is impossible. The simplest test case I can come up with is to type:

[[1
then type ]

Without even pressing enter, the program crashes.

This also affects the console version, though you do have to press enter to invoke the parser.

alex@fizz:~$ qalc
> [[1]
Segmentation fault

The GUI version parses the expression after every change, and the partial entry of a matrix causes the parsing routine to explode.

Here's a craptrace from the console version:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0x414e0950 (LWP 30262)]
0x00007fac3a893f32 in Calculator::parse () from /usr/lib/libqalculate.so.4
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007fac3a893f32 in Calculator::parse () from /usr/lib/libqalculate.so.4
#1 0x00007fac3a89bcbd in Calculator::calculate ()
   from /usr/lib/libqalculate.so.4
#2 0x00007fac3a89cd65 in calculate_proc () from /usr/lib/libqalculate.so.4
#3 0x00007fac3a5b63f7 in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#4 0x00007fac39b8bb2d in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6
#5 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jun 10 14:50:38 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal nvidia
Package: qalculate-gtk 0.9.6-2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: qalculate-gtk
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64

[Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg)]

Hi,
I can't confirm this issue on my system:
$ qalc
> [[1]

  [[1]] = [[1]]

>

But I am using the i386 version, the bug seems therefore amd64 specific.

[Alexander Jones (alex-weej)]

Still affecting Intrepid.