Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Locale detection problem on 64bit version for windows.

[Mark K. K. <mar...@gm...>]

>  I found that the crash occurs in mysetenv() in i18n.c when
> strlen(value) is called.

I'm not sure if it's related, but getenv/putenv are known to be not
thread-safe, and we do use them liberally and do use threads at
initialization.


On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 11:24 AM TOYAMA Shin-ichi <sh...@wm...>
wrote:

> Hi developpers,
>
> At first, please take note that the problem is that 64bit
> executable for windows crash when it start unless specific locale
> is set by config/command line option/environment variable.
>
> I found that the crash occurs in mysetenv() in i18n.c when
> strlen(value) is called.
>
> The address of the string 'value' is passed from 'loc' which is
> set by calling _nl_locale_name() in set_current_language().
>
> I checked the return value 'loc' from _nl_locale_name() by;
>
>   printf("%s", loc);
>
> It results "ja_JP" on 32bit executable but, crash occurs on 64bit
> version.
>
> I am quite at a loss how I should do so far.
>
> Anyway, I think it would be better to stop releasing the 64bit
> version until this will be fixed.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Kendrick wrote in <202...@sh...>
> >On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 12:53:48AM +0900, TOYAMA Shin-ichi wrote:
> >> By the way, workaround for this is to set language to something
> >> other than (Use system's setting) by tuxpaint-config, so far.
> >
> >Very interesting!  Thanks, Shin-ichi.  I had a person email me
> >this evening mentioning TP won't start on their new Win11 system,
> >so I've suggested this work-around.  (I'll let you know if they
> >tell me that it _didn't_ help :) )
> >
> >-bill!
> >
> >
> >>
> >> TOYAMA Shin-ichi wrote in <61758024.4995%sh...@wm...>
> >> >Well, I may have found a clue.
> >> >It had nothing to do with the priviledges.
> >> >
> >> >The problem is that 64bit version runs on my account and does not
> >> >run on the other user's account.
> >> >
> >> >Difference between two users were environmental variable.
> >> >I have set 'LANG' environmet variable as ja_JP.UTF-8 and LANG has
> >> >not been set on the other user's account.
> >> >
> >> >Then, I tested 64bit package by unsetting 'LANG' on my account,
> >> >and found it does not start. (Strangely 32 bit version starts with
> >> >no problem....)
> >> >
> >> >The worse is that this problem has nothing to do with the recent
> >> >changes in source code, but seems to related with some change in
> >> >tha latest MinGW/MSYS environment, because now I never be able to
> >> >build 64bit package which runs on the other account even using
> >> >original tar-ball of version 0.9.26.
> >> >
> >> >You see the first release of 64bit 0.9.26 does not have this
> >> >problem. (Although it has crash bug regarding osk and label)
> >> >
> >> >Bill,
> >> >
> >> >Could you test on your son's PC to set LANG to "C" or something in
> >> >"advanced system properties" dialogue?
> >> >
> >> >  http://www.tenuser.com/spec/properties.htm
> >> >
> >> >(you need to sign out and sign in again after changin system
> properties)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >TOYAMA Shin-ichi wrote in <6175505b.4994%sh...@wm...>
> >> >>Bill Kendrick wrote in <202...@sh...>
> >> >>>Hum, so I installed 0.9.26-5 via the installer EXE, but when I
> launch it,
> >> >>>nothing happens.  No window appears at all.
> >> >>
> >> >>It reproduced by lounching TuxPaint from anoter user who does not
> >> >>have administrator priviledge.
> >> >>
> >> >>I will have to look into it.
> >>
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> >>
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