Public bug reported: In 14.04, an exception in the ruby code of a plugin caused the error to be printed to stderr, after which vim would launch, skipping the offending plugin:
Error detected while processing /mnt/terra/home/simon/dev/vim-livecoding/plugin/livecoding.vim: line 37: NameError: undefined local variable or method `undefined_method_causing_an_exception' for main:Object Press ENTER or type command to continue But in 16.04, the same thing causes vim to segfault: Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV Vim: Finished. Segmentation fault (core dumped) ------- Vim version in 14.04: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Jan 2 2014 19:39:59) Included patches: 1-52 Modified by pkg-vim-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org Compiled by buildd@ Huge version with GTK2 GUI. Vim version in 16.04: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Apr 08 2016 11:38:28) Included patches: 1-1689 Modified by pkg-vim-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org Compiled by pkg-vim-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org Huge version with GTK2 GUI. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: vim-gtk 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun May 22 22:33:45 2016 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-trusty-amd64-20140620-0 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-25 (392 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20140620-04:25 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: vim UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-22 (0 days ago) ** Affects: vim (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1584539 Title: 16.04 regression: exceptions in ruby code in plugins have started causing vim to segfault To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/1584539/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
