[bug-notifications] [wireshark 0005110]: wireshark dumps core

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https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=5110 
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Reported By:                jgoerzen
Assigned To:                dam
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Project:                    wireshark
Issue ID:                   5110
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   crash
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
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Date Submitted:             2013-09-14 00:44 CEST
Last Modified:              2013-09-14 22:54 CEST
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Summary:                    wireshark dumps core
Description: 
Previously released pkg version wireshark-1.8.6,REV=2013.04.16 does not
crash.  wireshark version 1.10.2 crashes with Pango & Glib errors:
 
bash-3.00$ wireshark
15:52:49     Main Info fill_in_local_interfaces() starts
15:52:49  Capture Msg  Capture Interface List ...
15:52:49  Capture Dbg  sync_interface_list_open
15:52:49  Capture Dbg  sync_pipe_open_command
15:52:49  Capture Dbg  read 7 indicator: S empty value
15:52:49  Capture Dbg  sync_pipe_wait_for_child: wait till child closed
15:52:49  Capture Dbg  sync_pipe_wait_for_child: capture child closed after
0.001s
15:52:49     Main Info fill_in_local_interfaces() ends, taking 0.021s

(wireshark:14882): Pango-CRITICAL **: file fonts.c: line 1093: assertion
`str != NULL' failed
wireshark: Warning: fontELF


 not found - defaulting to Monospace 9

(wireshark:14882): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_string_append: assertion `val !=
NULL' failed
15:52:49     Main Info fill_in_local_interfaces() starts
15:52:49     Main Info fill_in_local_interfaces() ends, taking 0.000s
15:52:49  Capture Msg  Capture Interface List ...
15:52:49  Capture Dbg  sync_interface_list_open
15:52:49  Capture Dbg  sync_pipe_open_command
15:52:49  Capture Dbg  read 7 indicator: S empty value
15:52:49  Capture Dbg  sync_pipe_wait_for_child: wait till child closed
15:52:49  Capture Dbg  sync_pipe_wait_for_child: capture child closed after
0.000s
**
ERROR:main.c:3472:main_widgets_rearrange: code should not be reached

Abort (core dumped)

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 (0010583) dam (administrator) - 2013-09-14 22:54
 https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=5110#c10583 
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Apparently the issue was already introduced in 1.10.0.

The upstream bug is tracked at
  https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9152