KDevelop crashes when adding a file

[Oliver Eichler]

On 15-Jun-99 Jonas Nordin wrote:
>> I would like to report that KDevelop crashed when adding a new/existing
>> (tried both) file to the project. After choosing the file the app. window
>> is not updated anymore and KDevelop litterally ´explodes´ in memory within
>> seconds.
> 
> Compile kdevelop using debug code( ./configure --enable-debug). Then execute
> kdevelop inside gdb and use backtrace to find out where it crashes. 
> /J


Back from the dungeons of KDevelop the situation look like this:

In file cproject.cpp in line 433 you can find following code:

while((slash_pos = makefile_name.findRev('/')) != -1){ // if found
    slash2_pos = makefile_name.findRev('/',slash_pos-1);
    if(slash2_pos != -1){
      makefile_name.remove(slash2_pos,slash_pos-slash2_pos);
      check_makefile_list.append(makefile_name);
    } 
    else{
      makefile_name = "";
    }
  }

It look like this while loop seems to find all possible strings the
makefile.am. Something like:

/dir1/dir2/dir3/Makefile.am
/dir1/dir2/Makefile.am
/dir1/Makefile.am
/Makefile.am

If this makes sense... I don´t know. Not to me. Anyway the loop is endless as
the last slash never gets removed and the list gets appended enless.

As solution I tried:

  while((slash_pos = makefile_name.findRev('/')) != -1){ // if found
    slash2_pos = makefile_name.findRev('/',slash_pos-1);
    if(slash2_pos != -1){
      if(slash2_pos == 0)
        makefile_name.remove(slash2_pos,slash_pos-slash2_pos+1);
      else
        makefile_name.remove(slash2_pos,slash_pos-slash2_pos);
      check_makefile_list.append(makefile_name);
    } 
    else{
      makefile_name = "";
    }
  }

The loop ends correctly, however KDevelop dies with a segmentation fault later
on. 

I really wonder: Did anyone ever successfully add a file to a project sofar?

I am sorry, I do not have the time to investigate further. Guess I have to wait
for versions >0.4 befor using KDevelop


oliver


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