[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Bugs-1927505 ] 0.40.3 crash on opening helpfile

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Bugs item #1927505, was opened at 2008-03-27 16:24
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Category: pd-extended
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Dan Wilcox (danomatika)
Assigned to: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Summary: 0.40.3 crash on opening helpfile

Initial Comment:
PD-extended is  occasionally crashing when opening a helpfile aka right click, help.

I'm on Ubuntu Gusty.

Here's a crash dump:
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dano at danomatika:~$ pd
JACK tmpdir identified as [/dev/shm]
tk scaling is 1.18830409357
*** glibc detected *** pd: malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x082dacc8 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7d01c42]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_calloc+0xd2)[0xb7d02d02]
pd(getbytes+0x1e)[0x80af0ae]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0811d000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 224764     /usr/local/bin/pd
0811d000-0811f000 rw-p 000d4000 08:01 224764     /usr/local/bin/pd
0811f000-08314000 rw-p 0811f000 00:00 0          [heap]
b7a00000-b7a21000 rw-p b7a00000 00:00 0 
b7a21000-b7b00000 ---p b7a21000 00:00 0 
b7b65000-b7b6f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 2196       /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b7b6f000-b7b70000 rw-p 0000a000 08:01 2196       /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b7b82000-b7b83000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 224585     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/makesymbol.pd_linux
b7b83000-b7b84000 rw-p 00001000 08:01 224585     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/makesymbol.pd_linux
b7b84000-b7baa000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 222092     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/expr~/expr.pd_linux
b7baa000-b7bab000 rw-p 00026000 08:01 222092     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/expr~/expr.pd_linux
b7bab000-b7bac000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 223527     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/iemlib/iem_send.pd_linux
b7bac000-b7bad000 rw-p 00001000 08:01 223527     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/iemlib/iem_send.pd_linux
b7bad000-b7baf000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 223523     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/iemlib/iem_receive.pd_linux
b7baf000-b7bb0000 rw-p 00001000 08:01 223523     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/iemlib/iem_receive.pd_linux
b7bb0000-b7bb1000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 224617     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/tabdump.pd_linux
b7bb1000-b7bb2000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 224617     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/tabdump.pd_linux
b7bb2000-b7bb3000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 223371     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/ggee/getdir.pd_linux
b7bb3000-b7bb4000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 223371     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/ggee/getdir.pd_linux
b7bb4000-b7bb8000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 223071     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/cyclone/tosymbol.pd_linux
b7bb8000-b7bb9000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 223071     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/cyclone/tosymbol.pd_linux
b7bb9000-b7bba000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 224576     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/length.pd_linux
b7bba000-b7bbb000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 224576     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/length.pd_linux
b7bbb000-b7bbc000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 224620     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/tabset.pd_linux
b7bbc000-b7bbd000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 224620     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/tabset.pd_linux
b7bbd000-b7bbe000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 223328     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/flatspace/string2any.pd_linux
b7bbe000-b7bbf000 rw-p 00001000 08:01 223328     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/flatspace/string2any.pd_linux
b7bbf000-b7bc1000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 224569     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/drip.pd_linux
b7bc1000-b7bc2000 rw-p 00001000 08:01 224569     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/drip.pd_linux
b7bc2000-b7bc3000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 223229     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/flatspace/any2string.pd_linux
b7bc3000-b7bc4000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 223229     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/flatspace/any2string.pd_linux
b7bc4000-b7bc5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 224604     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/relay.pd_linux
b7bc5000-b7bc6000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 224604     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/relay.pd_linux
b7bc6000-b7bc8000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 223532     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/iemlib/mergefilename.pd_linux
b7bc8000-b7bc9000 rw-p 00001000 08:01 223532     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/iemlib/mergefilename.pd_linux
b7bc9000-b7bca000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 223513     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/iemlib/dollarg.pd_linux
b7bca000-b7bcb000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 223513     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/iemlib/dollarg.pd_linux
b7bcb000-b7bcc000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 223542     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/iemlib/splitfilename.pd_linux
b7bcc000-b7bcd000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 223542     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/iemlib/splitfilename.pd_linux
b7bcd000-b7bce000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 224566     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/demultiplex.pd_linux
b7bce000-b7bcf000 rw-p 00000000 08:01 224566     /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/demultiplex.pd_linux
b7bcf000-b7bd0000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 224599     /usr/lPd: signal 6
pd_gui: pd process exited


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