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Bug 730287 - gi library init functions segfault if arguments non null
gi library init functions segfault if arguments non null
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gjs
Classification: Bindings
Component: general
1.40.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: gjs-maint
gjs-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-05-17 00:39 UTC by Matt Watson
Modified: 2018-01-27 11:57 UTC
See Also:
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Description Matt Watson 2014-05-17 00:39:42 UTC 
The following two line programs all segfault immediately...

const Clutter = imports.gi.Clutter;
Clutter.init(ARGV);

const Gtk = imports.gi.Gtk;
Gtk.init(ARGV);

Suspect there some introspection challenges with handling the char ***argv in the function signatures. But a segfault isn't too friendly.
Comment 1 Philip Chimento 2017-01-23 20:28:28 UTC 
I discovered in the Debian bug tracker [1] that this used to work, but was broken by commit 6c111e16fbaadaa43eae0b38f0b1c5dd73b9abb6.

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=651259
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-01-27 11:57:58 UTC 
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