Synfig crashes when autosave is enabled

[ice0]

Describe the bug
https://forums.synfig.org/t/synfig-quits-by-itself-several-times/12031

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows
• OS version: 10 home edition 64-bit
• Synfig version: 1.4.0

[ice0]

The problem may be a lack of write permissions when saving a temporary copy of the file

[DhairyaBahl]

@ice0 I would like to work on this issue ! Kindly assign it to me.

Is the error still there ? Is it only present on windows or is it also on linux ??

[ice0]

@DhairyaBahl

Is the error still there ?

I'm not sure so I want you to check this. Better to start with Windows if possible.

The most common reason of crash is an unhandled exception in a signal handler. So you need to check if there is a try/catch section in the autosave handler.

https://developer-old.gnome.org/gtkmm-tutorial/stable/sec-exceptions-in-signal-handlers.html.en

[DhairyaBahl]

@ice0 I just tried to build synfig on windows and I am facing a lot of difficulties. Now, I can just test on linux or I can post here all the issues that I am facing right now in building synfig.

MINGW64 shell is not working as it should in my PC ! I tried re-installing everything and still facing many errors ! Not even able to build it completely. Kindly tell me what I should do ?

Thanks :)

PS: Now trying to build it in 32bit configuration instead of 64bit. Will keep you posted.

Tried and still facing the same errors ! Should I try on linux ?

[ice0]

@DhairyaBahl

Sure, just post your issues here.

[DhairyaBahl]

@ice0 This is the issue I am facing while installing the dependencies.

These are few of the errors that are popping up when I am trying to install the dependencies using ./1-setup-windows-msys2.sh and I am using Mingw64 which I just re-installed few mins ago !

[ice0]

ok, I will take a look

[DhairyaBahl]

@ice0 Ping.

[ice0]

@DhairyaBahl
Hi! This problem should be fixed by this PR: #2449