Public bug reported:
I've filed this bug as GLib's but I think it's mainly related to MANY
packages that link to GLib
As far as I understood GLib changed behavior in memory management, the
result is that many applications/packages now segfault/crash/freeze if
the environment variable
G_SLICE=always-malloc
is not set; applications such as vlc (segfault on start), the gimp
(freeze on file > new and many plugins) , pgadmin3, xchat-gnome and many
many others, just search Launchpad; I'm filing this new bug so that it's
clear that all these issues refer to the same problem.
G_SLICE is a known workaround; I'd propose to assert this variable as a
default in some global-wise config file until at least the other
packages are fixed, in fact, as far as I understood this apps are faulty
(not the lib) and not using as they should GLib, btw the result is still
that most of the gnome desktop is completely broken.
Anyway feel free to close this bug if you think it's redundant
** Affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[gutsy][regression] new glib causes segfault in many packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/161752
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