Crash on quit (Mac OS X)

[Robby]

Just now, Transmission crashed on quit. The crash is not reproducible for me. I'm attaching the crash log.

This is with Transmission 2.82 on OS X 10.9.1.

[livings124]

Unfortunately there's not enough information in that crash log. Could you reopen with the crash log from a nightly build from build.transmissionbt.com?

[Robby]

If the crash were reproducible, I wouldn't mind using the nightly to provide a crash log. But I don't intend to regularly use a potentially unstable build in order to provide useful crash log output, sorry.

[x190]

Robby, you have already demonstrated that 2.82 release is not stable for you. What have you got to lose other than helping the devs avoid perpetuating the issue?

See also #5538.

[Robby]

Replying to x190:

Robby, you have already demonstrated that 2.82 release is not stable for you. What have you got to lose other than helping the devs avoid perpetuating the issue?

I hold Transmission and the whole Project in very high regard. I have been using the programme for many years and I can hardly remember any major bugs in all that time. A rare crash on quit will not get my knickers in a twist. ;-)

But nightly builds, aren't they potentially alpha quality pre-release builds? I wouldn't expect data loss or other major regressions but the risk must surely be there (?).

I wouldn't mind using a debug build of 2.82 release or something to that effect. :-)

See also #5538.

Yeah, the same does apply there.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the issue is related to this one because I often pause all torrents before quitting.

[livings124]

FWIW, the current nightly is pretty much release quality.

[Robby]

Well, now I'm running a nightly. And guess what happens? I get what looks like a different crash: #5587. :-P

[Robby]

#5505 is quite a pain. I'm going back to the stable release.

[Robby]

Only got this crash again just now so it is somewhat rare. I’d go back to the nightly if it wasn’t for #5505.

[subju]

Crash report

[subju]

Transmission still frequently crashes on quit. My crash report is in attachment.

[subju]

Transmission still frequently crashes on quit. Mac OS X 10.10.1 (14B25). The crash report is in attachment.

[Robby]

subju, this ticket was previously closed because a crash log from a nightly build was required…

[subju]

Replying to mike.dld: What is the reason for changing the version? The current version (2.84, 14306) have this issue as well.

To moderators: Should I create the same ticket for version 2.84 (14306)?

[Robby]

I believe it’s the policy of this project to use the version an issue was initially reported for. No need to file a new ticket for the same crash.

As mentioned in my previous comment, you probably need to post a crash log from a nightly build (see comment 1 here).

[mike.dld]

Replying to subju:

What is the reason for changing the version? The current version (2.84, 14306) have this issue as well.

Version specifies first (lowest) version exhibiting the behavior. Otherwise it's not clear how long the issue exists.

Should I create the same ticket for version 2.84 (14306)?

No need, unless the issue you're having is different/unrelated (which is yet to be determined).

[mike.dld]

Judging from attached crashlogs,

• original one (from Robby) could be caused by ​libevent issue #113 (fixed Mar 26 2014, v2.82 was released Aug 9 2013).
• new one (from subju) is a different crash, which was reported ​on forums by jabohn but didn't get much attention although it's not the same as ones discussed in that thread (all related to #5505). It deserves a separate ticket indeed.

For the original issue, I'm not sure when exactly did we pull libevent fix to our local mirror, but current nightlies should not be affected (reopen if I'm wrong).

I'm re-closing this ticket. For issue reported by subju and jabohn, new ticket #5891 created.

[subju]

Replying to Robby and mike.dld:

Thank you for helpful explanations! I’m sorry for false alarm.