[arch-general] Glibc 2.16 bad effect on some software ?

[Paul Gideon Dann]

On Wednesday 04 Jul 2012 11:13:03 fredbezies wrote:
> Today, after glibc 2.16 upgrade on testing, after a successful build
> process, I got an error message while trying to package mozilla
> firefox :

I'm getting a crash when trying to run Qt Designer with glibc 2.16.0-1:

# designer
Warning: option --plugin-path no longer exists.
Warning: option --plugin-path no longer exists.
[0x24f8928] main services discovery error: no suitable services discovery 
module
*** glibc detected *** designer: free(): invalid next size (fast): 
0x00000000027bdc50 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6(+0x784a6)[0x7f25e3c494a6]
/usr/lib/libQtDesigner.so.4(_ZN18qdesigner_internal14WidgetDataBase21defaultPropertyValuesERK7QString+0x149)
[0x7f25e5d96789]
/usr/lib/libQtDesigner.so.4(_ZN18qdesigner_internal14WidgetDataBase25grabDefaultPropertyValuesEv+0x6c)
[0x7f25e5d96aec]
designer[0x42fc0f]
designer[0x429b2d]
designer[0x42a0e7]
designer[0x4168f3]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5)[0x7f25e3bf2725]
designer[0x4169b1]
...

I'll rebuild Qt when I have a spare moment.  It doesn't seem to affect 
Assistant or other Qt apps, though.

Paul