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gnome-system-log package

gnome-system-log crashed with SIGSEGV in g_time_zone_get_abbreviation()

Bug #1500806 reported by Abhishek
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME System Log
Fix Released
Medium
gnome-system-log (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
gnome-system-log (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

Segfaults immediately after starting.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: gnome-system-log 3.9.90-3
Uname: Linux 4.0.9-040009-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Sep 29 15:40:09 2015
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-log
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-31 (790 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
ProcCmdline: gnome-system-log
SegvAnalysis: Failure: Unknown offset literal: [rdi+0x10]
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-system-log
StacktraceTop:
 g_time_zone_get_abbreviation () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_date_time_format () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 ?? ()
Title: gnome-system-log crashed with SIGSEGV in g_time_zone_get_abbreviation()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-09-25 (3 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lp lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Abhishek (rawcoder) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 g_time_zone_get_abbreviation (tz=0x0, interval=6) at /build/glib2.0-pRoDo9/glib2.0-2.46.0/./glib/gtimezone.c:1782
 g_date_time_format_locale (datetime=<optimized out>, format=0x7f180923a318 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x7f180923a318>, outstr=0x1834ce0, locale_is_utf8=<optimized out>) at /build/glib2.0-pRoDo9/glib2.0-2.46.0/./glib/gdatetime.c:2484
 g_date_time_format_locale (datetime=datetime@entry=0x1834940, format=0x41455a "", format@entry=0x414558 "%X", outstr=outstr@entry=0x1834ce0, locale_is_utf8=locale_is_utf8@entry=1) at /build/glib2.0-pRoDo9/glib2.0-2.46.0/./glib/gdatetime.c:2459
 g_date_time_format (datetime=0x1834940, format=0x414558 "%X") at /build/glib2.0-pRoDo9/glib2.0-2.46.0/./glib/gdatetime.c:2637
 ?? ()

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Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
information type: Private → Public
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

That should be fixed with https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-system-log/commit/?id=a09f87bafc833d199cfd8364dff72b4c2e812af8
I've sent a debdiff to Debian, the package is in sync so it would be good if they could include it, bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802326

Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Changed in gnome-system-log (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Changed in gnome-system-log:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-system-log - 3.9.90-4

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gnome-system-log (3.9.90-4) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Sebastien Bacher ]
  * debian/patches/03_git_invalid_unref.patch:
    - backport upstream commit to fix segfaults (lp: #1500806, Closes:
      #802326)

 -- Iain Lane <email address hidden> Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:05:00 +0100

Changed in gnome-system-log (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Changed in gnome-system-log (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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