Bug#801350: libglib2.0-0: Segmentation fault because libgobject-2.0.so is not found

[Michael Biebl]

Control: tags -1 moreinfo unreproducible
Control: severity -1 important

Am 09.10.2015 um 01:24 schrieb Luca Ghio:
> Package: libglib2.0-0
> Version: 2.46.0-2
> Severity: critical
> Tags: patch
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> I upgraded package libglib2.0-0 from version 2.44.1-1.1 to version 2.46.0-2.
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> I run the following command:
> $ python -c "import gi.repository"
> 
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
> The process received a SIGSEGV.

Works fine here.

 By trying the following command:
> $ strace python -c "import gi.repository"
> I saw that libgobject-2.0.so is not found (see attached log).
> 
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> No segmentation fault should occur.
> 
> 
> 
> As far as I know, this bug affects two packages: meld and reportbug (gtk2 interface).
> 
> I solved by creating a symbolic link to libgobject-2.0.so.0:
> # ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so
> so I'm proposing to include a symbolic link to libgobject-2.0.so.0 in package libglib2.0-0.
> 
> Moreover, after creating the symbolic link, the gtk2 interface of reportbug shows the window, but still receives a SIGSEGV signal as soon as the mouse pointer enters the window; however strace is not useful in this case, so I don't know if the bug is the same as this one.

What does
ldd /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/_gi.x86_64-linux-gnu.so
say?

Which version of python-gi and gobject-introspection do you have installed?


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