[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Bugs-3012451 ] plugin~ help patch needs replacement

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Bugs item #3012451, was opened at 2010-06-07 11:11
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: plugin~ help patch needs replacement

Initial Comment:
We have known for years that the plugin~ help patch can crash Pd if the requested LADSPA plugins are not present on the user's system. The issue has been addressed on the  mailing list dozens of times, and a corrected help patch posted years ago by Frank Barknecht, however it has not been updated. As a final attempt, I post it here in the hopes that someone will take a few minutes to deal with this finally.

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>Comment By: IOhannes m zmlnig (zmoelnig)
Date: 2010-06-07 14:02

Message:
hmm,  i tried both this help-patch and the one that comes with
PdX-0.42rc1.

both crash.

therefore:
- the attached patch doesn't fix any problem, since the crash can be
triggered by the user at any time (the bug is in [plugin~] not in any
help-patch)
- the attached patch doesn't fix the symptoms either

anyhow, thanks for the report

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