Bug 96406

Summary:	gaim 1.3.0 crashes when cancelling IRC connection and reconnecting
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Evan Langlois <evan>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gaim Bugs Crew <gaim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Evan Langlois 2005-06-17 12:41:48 UTC

here's a log from gdb --args /usr/bin/gaim -d

account: Disconnecting account 0x81e89f8
connection: Disconnecting connection 0x83227b8
blist: Destroying
connection: Destroying connection 0x83227b8
account: Connecting to account 0x81e89f8. gc = 0x834f0e8
connection: Connecting. gc = 0x834f0e8
connection: Calling serv_login
server: gaim 1.3.0 logging in IDunno@irc.undernet.org using IRC
dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 30007
dns: Host 'irc.undernet.org' resolved
proxy: Connecting to irc.undernet.org:6667 with no proxy
proxy: Connect would have blocked.
accounts: Writing accounts to disk.
account: Disconnecting account 0x81e89f8
connection: Disconnecting connection 0x834f0e8
QUIT :Download Gaim: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
blist: Destroying
connection: Destroying connection 0x834f0e8
account: Connecting to account 0x81e89f8. gc = 0x83529a8
connection: Connecting. gc = 0x83529a8
connection: Calling serv_login
server: gaim 1.3.0 logging in IDunno@irc.undernet.org using IRC
dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 30007
dns: Host 'irc.undernet.org' resolved
proxy: Connecting to irc.undernet.org:6667 with no proxy
proxy: Connect would have blocked.
proxy: Connecting to irc.undernet.org:6667 with no proxy
proxy: Connect would have blocked.
proxy: Connected.
proxy: Connected.

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1216907600 (LWP 30004)]
0x08334820 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x08334820 in ?? ()
#1  0x08084120 in gaim_gethostbyname_async ()
#2  0x080bd315 in gaim_gtkdialogs_remove_chat ()
#3  0xb7af777e in g_vasprintf () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
(gdb) dns[30007]: nobody needs me... =(


I'm guessing the ?() functions are in glibc?  There have been similar bugs for
MSN and other protocols reported.  They may be related.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Don Seiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-08-24 11:10:06 UTC

Is this still happening in gaim-1.5.0?

Comment 2 Don Seiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-11-14 11:19:51 UTC

Still waiting for user to test 1.5.0.