"Help"->"About" -> crashed

[3togo]

Whenever I select "Help"->"About", geany crashed. I am using MSYS2 with x86_64 architecture(git version)

[3togo]

Dreli:/c/appz64/bin $ gdb geany.exe
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Reading symbols from geany.exe...done.
(gdb) run -v
Starting program: C:\appz64\bin\geany.exe -v
[New Thread 12028.0x2628]
[New Thread 12028.0x3040]
[New Thread 12028.0x1aa4]
[New Thread 12028.0x2430]
[New Thread 12028.0x33f0]
[New Thread 12028.0x1a70]
[New Thread 12028.0x13d0]
warning: Invalid parameter passed to C runtime function.

Thread 1 received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ff8cf154360 in msvcrt!memmove () from C:\WINDOWS\System32\msvcrt.dll
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ff8cf154360 in msvcrt!memmove ()
   from C:\WINDOWS\System32\msvcrt.dll
#1  0x00000000685d7056 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll
#2  0x00000000685d99f7 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll
#3  0x00000000685d9f76 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll
#4  0x0000000069faf95c in utils_parse_date (
    input=input@entry=0x6a13a233 "Jun  5 2018") at utils.c:2055
#5  0x0000000069faf991 in utils_parse_and_format_build_date (
    input=input@entry=0x6a13a233 "Jun  5 2018") at utils.c:2068
#6  0x0000000069f42764 in create_dialog () at about.c:236
#7  0x0000000069f442ca in about_dialog_show () at about.c:454
#8  0x0000000063a46223 in ?? ()
   from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#9  0x0000000063a57f23 in ?? ()
   from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#10 0x0000000063a5fbb8 in ?? ()
   from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#11 0x0000000063a60258 in ?? ()
   from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#12 0x00000000666eed56 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgtk-3-0.dll
#13 0x00000000665c15eb in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgtk-3-0.dll
#14 0x00000000665c1852 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgtk-3-0.dll
#15 0x00000000665a7957 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgtk-3-0.dll
#16 0x0000000063a46452 in ?? ()
   from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#17 0x0000000063a5f8a4 in ?? ()
   from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#18 0x0000000063a60258 in ?? ()
   from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#19 0x00000000666eca12 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgtk-3-0.dll
#20 0x00000000665a463d in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgtk-3-0.dll
#21 0x00000000665a68a0 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgtk-3-0.dll
#22 0x0000000070ecda49 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgdk-3-0.dll
#23 0x0000000070ef9c58 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgdk-3-0.dll
#24 0x00000000685f3768 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll
#25 0x00000000685f3938 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll
#26 0x00000000685f3db3 in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll
#27 0x00000000665a5a2d in ?? () from C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\libgtk-3-0.dll
#28 0x0000000069f790e1 in main_lib (argc=<optimized out>,
    argv=<optimized out>) at libmain.c:1250
#29 0x0000000000402c60 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>)
    at main.c:27
#30 0x00000000004013c7 in __tmainCRTStartup ()
    at C:/repo/mingw-w64-crt-git/src/mingw-w64/mingw-w64-crt/crt/crtexe.c:331
#31 0x00000000004014cb in WinMainCRTStartup ()
    at C:/repo/mingw-w64-crt-git/src/mingw-w64/mingw-w64-crt/crt/crtexe.c:187
(gdb)

[elextr]

g_date_set_parse() which is crashing trying to parse Jun 5 2018 is part of the Glib libraries Geany uses. The date its parsing is __DATE__ ie the build date generated by the compiler so its not something we can simply change.

[codebrainz]

Might be this: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1386

[elextr]

@codebrainz looks possible, closed 6 days ago, so only 9 years 359 days until all distros have the fix :)

[kugel-]

Closing since it seems to be fixed in upstream glib. Since this was specific to windows it might not take 10 years :-)