Re: [Bug-XBoard] Bug in xboard

[Tim Mann]

It works for me in 64-bit Ubuntu 7.10.  I have no idea what's wrong in
the Mandriva 2007 build -- sorry.

Are you sure it's xboard that is dumping core?  Maybe gnuchess or
whatever chess engine you're using is dumping core when presented with
a position that doesn't have any kings or any black pieces.  You can
use the "file" command on the core file to find out what program it's
from.

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:34:16 -0800 (PST), Andre Novaes Cunha <address@hidden> 
wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> I'm using version 4.2.7 of xboard and it looks like there is a bug in it. 
> 
> The following sequence of tasks generates a core dump and the program 
> terminates: 
> 
> 1) Mode menu -> Edit Postion
> 2) Right click -> clear board
> 3) Insert a WHITE piece (except a pawn) in any square
> 4) Go to Mode menu -> Edit Game
> 5) Crash!
> 
> The
> same happens if you try to insert 2 white pawns in step 3 above. I got
> into this because I was inserting a diagram into the program and it
> crashed. After some troubleshooting I ended up with this sequence. 
> 
> 
> Here is my system information: 
> 
> $ uname -a
> Linux localhost 2.6.17-5mdv #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 14:32:31 EDT 2006 i686 Intel(R) 
> Celeron(R) M processor         1.70GHz
>  GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> I'm running Mandriva 2007 distribution.
> 
> Tks
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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