Bug#750588: libglib2.0-0: segfault in gnumeric when saving a file

[Arthur Marsh]

Package: libglib2.0-0
Version: 2.41.0-1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?

Trying to save a file in my home directory in gnumeric (see bug #750581)

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

Tried upgrading libglib2.0-0 from unstable to experimental - same error
occurred.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
cache_alias_lookup (alias=alias at entry=0x7ffff7e129b0 "video/x-ms-wmv")
    at /build/glib2.0-qGaPap/glib2.0-2.41.0/./gio/xdgmime/xdgmimecache.c:339
339     /build/glib2.0-qGaPap/glib2.0-2.41.0/./gio/xdgmime/xdgmimecache.c: No such file or directory.

(gdb) bt
#0  cache_alias_lookup (alias=alias at entry=0x7ffff7e129b0 "video/x-ms-wmv")
    at /build/glib2.0-qGaPap/glib2.0-2.41.0/./gio/xdgmime/xdgmimecache.c:339
#1  0x00007ffff49e3939 in __gio_xdg_cache_unalias_mime_type (
    mime=0x7ffff7e129b0 "video/x-ms-wmv")
    at /build/glib2.0-qGaPap/glib2.0-2.41.0/./gio/xdgmime/xdgmimecache.c:939
#2  __gio_xdg_cache_mime_type_subclass (mime=0x7ffff7e129b0 "video/x-ms-wmv",
    base=base at entry=0x55555611a870 "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet")
    at /build/glib2.0-qGaPap/glib2.0-2.41.0/./gio/xdgmime/xdgmimecache.c:870
#3  0x00007ffff49e3b39 in __gio_xdg_cache_mime_type_subclass (
    mime=<optimized out>,
    base=base at entry=0x55555611a870 "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet")
    at /build/glib2.0-qGaPap/glib2.0-2.41.0/./gio/xdgmime/xdgmimecache.c:922
#4  0x00007ffff49e3b39 in __gio_xdg_cache_mime_type_subclass (
    mime=<optimized out>,
    base=base at entry=0x55555611a870 "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet")
    at /build/glib2.0-qGaPap/glib2.0-2.41.0/./gio/xdgmime/xdgmimecache.c:922
#5  0x00007ffff49e3b39 in __gio_xdg_cache_mime_type_subclass (
    mime=<optimized out>,
    base=base at entry=0x55555611a870 "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet")

The same backtrace line (with only the number after the hash increasing) as
#4 and #5 above occurred for several thousand lines of backtrace output until
I gave up.


   * What outcome did you expect instead?

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.15.0-rc8+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libglib2.0-0 depends on:
ii  libc6              2.18-7
ii  libffi6            3.1-1
ii  libpcre3           1:8.31-5
ii  libselinux1        2.3-1
ii  multiarch-support  2.18-7
ii  zlib1g             1:1.2.8.dfsg-1

Versions of packages libglib2.0-0 recommends:
ii  libglib2.0-data   2.41.0-1
ii  shared-mime-info  1.3-1

libglib2.0-0 suggests no packages.

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