On 7/4/07, David Chisnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are we using compiled, or packaged GNUstep for the LiveCD? If we are
> using a compiled version, please could you patch the source for
> NSOutlineView and patch, NSOutlineView.m replacing the itemAtRow:
> method with this:
>
> - (id)itemAtRow: (int)row
> {
> if (row >= [_items count])
> {
> return [NSNull null];
> }
> return [_items objectAtIndex: row];
> }
>
> There is an irritating bug in GNUstep's NSOutlineView that causes the
> _numberOfRows ivar inherited from NSTableView to get larger than
> [_items count] when the number of items grows too large. The next
> time a redraw occurs, this causes an array out of bounds exception as
> it tries to grab data from past the end of the array.
>
> I don't want to push this upstream to GNUstep, because it's not a
> good fix. It treats the symptoms of the bug, but the real solution
> is to track down where _numberOfRows is not changed and should be.
> This will stop some crashing on the LiveCD though, so it's probably
> worth doing.
Do you have a quick way to reproduce the bug ?
A small program or a description how to write one to reproduce the bug.
If so, I can take a look and see what I can do.
Yen-Ju
>
> David
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