Bug#672106: qgis crashes immediately upon start (x86_64, unstable)

[Harald Welte]

Package: qgis
Version: 1.7.4+1.7.5~20120320-1
Severity: important

I have never used qgis before, installed it using "apt-get install qgis"
on my x86_64/unstable system and when trying to start it, I am getting
the following crash/abort:

=========
laforge at nataraja%pts/25 (15:31) ~ > qgis
Warning: loading of qgis translation failed [/usr/share/qgis/i18n//qgis_en_US]
Warning: loading of qt translation failed [/usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_en_US]
qgis.bin: /build/buildd-sip4_4.13.2-1-amd64-oTGNAQ/sip4-4.13.2/siplib/siplib.c:10938: sipEnumType_alloc: Assertion `(((currentType)->td_flags & 0x0007) == 0x0003)' failed.
[1]    18271 abort      qgis
=========

Starting it in gdb yields:

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0x00007ffff2e08475 in *__GI_raise (sig=<optimized out>)
    at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
    64      ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or directory.
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff2e08475 in *__GI_raise (sig=<optimized out>)
    at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:64
#1  0x00007ffff2e0b6f0 in *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
#2  0x00007ffff2e01621 in *__GI___assert_fail (assertion=
    0x7fffdf26a8d0 "(((currentType)->td_flags & 0x0007) == 0x0003)", 
    file=<optimized out>, line=10938, function=0x7fffdf269b50 "sipEnumType_alloc")
    at assert.c:81
#3  0x00007fffdf25cee3 in sipEnumType_alloc (self=<optimized out>, 
    nitems=<optimized out>)
    at /build/buildd-sip4_4.13.2-1-amd64-oTGNAQ/sip4-4.13.2/siplib/siplib.c:10938
#4  0x00007fffdf724251 in type_new () from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#5  0x00007fffdf7ba7b3 in type_call.25625 () from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#6  0x00007fffdf7b9773 in PyObject_Call () from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#7  0x00007fffdf2651ee in createContainerType (cod=<optimized out>, td=
    0x7fffde530460, bases=<optimized out>, metatype=
Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> There is no member named ma_mask.: 
    <type at remote 0x7fffdf46fb80>, mod_dict=<optimized out>, type_dict=, client=
    0x7fffde518d00)
    at /build/buildd-sip4_4.13.2-1-amd64-oTGNAQ/sip4-4.13.2/siplib/siplib.c:5403
#8  0x00007fffdf26553e in createClassType (client=0x7fffde518d00, ctd=
Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> There is no member named ma_mask.: 
    0x7fffde530460, mod_dict=)
    at /build/buildd-sip4_4.13.2-1-amd64-oTGNAQ/sip4-4.13.2/siplib/siplib.c:5538
Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> There is no member named ma_mask.: 
#9  0x00007fffdf265698 in sip_api_init_module (client=0x7fffde518d00, mod_dict=)
    at /build/buildd-sip4_4.13.2-1-amd64-oTGNAQ/sip4-4.13.2/siplib/siplib.c:1418
#10 0x00007fffde14a06b in initcore ()
   from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qgis/core.so
#11 0x00007fffdf72cbd5 in _PyImport_LoadDynamicModule ()
   from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#12 0x00007fffdf7d1fac in import_submodule.39466 ()
   from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#13 0x00007fffdf7a63d2 in load_next.39471 () from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#14 0x00007fffdf7d2604 in import_module_level.isra.9 ()
   from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#15 0x00007fffdf7cc07a in PyImport_ImportModuleLevel ()
   from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#16 0x00007fffdf6c3ebf in builtin___import__ () from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#17 0x00007fffdf7b9773 in PyObject_Call () from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#18 0x00007fffdf7ba0c7 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords ()
   from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#19 0x00007fffdf70fc62 in PyEval_EvalFrameEx () from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#20 0x00007fffdf6c88b5 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx () from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#21 0x00007fffdf6c8be2 in PyEval_EvalCode () from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#22 0x00007fffdf6c8c7c in PyRun_StringFlags () from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
#23 0x00007fffdfb79043 in QgsPythonUtilsImpl::runStringUnsafe(QString const&, bool)
    () from /usr/lib/libqgispython.so.1.7.5
#24 0x00007fffdfb790de in QgsPythonUtilsImpl::runString(QString const&, QString) ()
   from /usr/lib/libqgispython.so.1.7.5
#25 0x00007fffdfb785b6 in QgsPythonUtilsImpl::initPython(QgisInterface*) ()
   from /usr/lib/libqgispython.so.1.7.5
#26 0x000000000056d16a in QgisApp::loadPythonSupport() ()
#27 0x0000000000551a5c in QgisApp::QgisApp(QSplashScreen*, bool, QWidget*, QFlags<Qt::WindowType>) ()
#28 0x000000000054e4e3 in main ()

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages qgis depends on:
ii  libc6           2.13-32
ii  libgcc1         1:4.7.0-7
ii  libgdal1-1.7.0  1.7.3-6+b4
ii  libgeos-c1      3.3.1-1
ii  libgsl0ldbl     1.15+dfsg-1
ii  libpq5          9.1.3-2
ii  libproj0        4.7.0-1
ii  libqgis1.7.5    1.7.4+1.7.5~20120320-1
ii  libqt4-network  4:4.8.1-1
ii  libqt4-sql      4:4.8.1-1
ii  libqt4-svg      4:4.8.1-1
ii  libqt4-xml      4:4.8.1-1
ii  libqtcore4      4:4.8.1-1
ii  libqtgui4       4:4.8.1-1
ii  libqtwebkit4    2.2.0-5
ii  libqwt5-qt4     5.2.2-2
ii  libstdc++6      4.7.0-7
ii  qgis-common     1.7.4+1.7.5~20120320-1
ii  qgis-providers  1.7.4+1.7.5~20120320-1

Versions of packages qgis recommends:
ii  python-qgis        1.7.4+1.7.5~20120320-1
ii  qgis-plugin-grass  1.7.4+1.7.5~20120320-1

Versions of packages qgis suggests:
pn  gpsbabel  <none>

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