FS#61004 - [conky] starts up, runs for a few seconds and then crashes.

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Armand (Kewl) - Saturday, 08 December 2018, 21:11 GMT
Last edited by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Monday, 17 December 2018, 20:56 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
the latest conky version 1.11.0 starts up, runs for a few seconds and then crashes.
see https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/issues/691, 1.11 has wrong commits upstream
not fit for official repo

Additional info:
* package version(s) 1.11
* config and/or log files etc.
Thread 6 "conky" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fffefdb5700 (LWP 10993)]
cat: /tmp/network_select_script/conky_data.txt: No such file or directory
0x00007ffff6638a26 in malloc () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt full
#0 0x00007ffff6638a26 in malloc () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x00007ffff663c4ef in strndup () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#2 0x00005555555b75cd in update_gateway_info() ()
No symbol table info available.
#3 0x00005555555b09f4 in conky::priv::callback_base::start_routine() ()
No symbol table info available.
#4 0x00007ffff684f063 in std::execute_native_thread_routine (__p=0x5555556f1380)
at /build/gcc/src/gcc/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/thread.cc:80
__t = std::unique_ptr<std::thread::_State> = {get() = 0x5555556f1380}
#5 0x00007ffff7f75a9d in start_thread () from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#6 0x00007ffff66aeb23 in clone () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
(gdb)

Steps to reproduce:
the latest conky version 1.11.0 starts up, runs for a few seconds and then crashes.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Monday, 17 December 2018, 20:56 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  conky-1.11.0-2 in [extra]
Comment by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Thursday, 13 December 2018, 23:42 GMT
  • Field changed: Summary (wonky starts up, runs for a few seconds and then crashes. → [conky] starts up, runs for a few seconds and then crashes.)
  • Field changed: Details
  • Field changed: Status (Unconfirmed → Assigned)
  • Task assigned to Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Fixed upstream via https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/pull/692

It helps if you spell the name of the package correctly.
Comment by Armand (Kewl) - Friday, 14 December 2018, 07:40 GMT
Thanks for fixing the ticket
Comment by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Friday, 14 December 2018, 21:26 GMT
I have incorporated upstream's fix into conky-1.11.0-2 currently in [testing].
However I cannot reproduce this issue so could you please confirm that this new package actually fixes it?
Cheers.
Comment by Armand (Kewl) - Friday, 14 December 2018, 21:44 GMT
Thanks I will test ASAP, within a few hours
Comment by Armand (Kewl) - Saturday, 15 December 2018, 07:45 GMT
I am glad to report conky-1.11.0-2 fixed the issue for me. Thanks!
Comment by Armand (Kewl) - Saturday, 15 December 2018, 16:31 GMT
still up and running after 9 hours of intense work on my machine while it was taking few minutes before it crashed with 1.11.0-1

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