software-center crashed with SIGSEGV in _gtk_icon_helper_get_storage_type()

StacktraceTop:
 _gtk_icon_helper_get_storage_type (self=0x0) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.3.6/./gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:482
 gtk_image_reset (image=0x2c6b2b0) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.3.6/./gtk/gtkimage.c:1336
 gtk_image_clear (image=0x2c6b2b0) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.3.6/./gtk/gtkimage.c:1392
 gtk_image_set_from_pixbuf (image=0x2c6b2b0, pixbuf=0x3d911e0) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.3.6/./gtk/gtkimage.c:764
 ffi_call_unix64 () at ../src/x86/unix64.S:75

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

I can reproduce this by opening software-center on a deb and close it exactly at the moment the spinner goes away.
After discussing this issue on #ubuntu-desktop it seems a reasonable workaround is to explicitely calling sys.exit()
after Gtk.main_quit().

Similar to bug #938090 in apport-gtk, so the root of this is most likely a gtk issue.

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.2

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software-center (5.2) precise; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * debian/control:
    - recommend xz-lmza instead of lzma (LP: #878354)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/track-axi-changes:
    - add a monitor for changes in the apt-xapian-index to ensure
      the DB is reopened if the cron job changes the apt-xapian-index
      database (LP: #507836)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp970342:
    - do not crash if the parent goes away (and therefore the pipe)
      and the token can not be obtained (LP: #970342)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp967036:
    - fix UnicodeDecodeError crash for apps with hardware
      requirements in the details view (LP: #967036)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/list-a11y:
    - restore the a11y support for orca/accerciser/ldtp for
      the listview and treeview
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp979013:
    - fix a bug in the review display for certain language
      environments (LP: #979013)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/appview-tweaks:
    - code cleanup in the sortmode code
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp772549:
    - fix a bug that can result in a blank software center
      screen on startup (LP: #772549)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp914393:
    - adds an explicit sys.exit() to ensure all gtk event
      processing is stopped on application quit (LP: #914393)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp976169:
    - do not crash if apt-xapian-index is not installed
      (LP: #976337)
    - ignore xapian.DatabaseOpeningError here (happens when
      there is no a-x-i so we don't care) (LP: #976169)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp976525:
    - do not show "upgradable" button when there should be "remove"
      (LP: #976525)

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/sorting-fix-lp969215:
    - fix sort combo box inconsistencies (LP: #969215)

  [ Dave Morley ]
  * lp:~davmor2/software-center/remove_two_lines:
    - small fixes for test script USC-start-stop-times.py

  [ Kiwinote ]
  * sc/ui/gtk3/widgets/apptreeview.py:
    - everyone tries to expand a category in the installed pane by clicking
      on the text rather than the expander arrow (LP: #877130)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:35:13 +0200