Inkscape startup crash on XP with no service pack

have you tried running Inkscapec.exe from a DOS prompt to trap the exit messages : as in http://kaioa.com/node/63

Tried under inkscapec: no useful console output (just "if you can reproduce this bug ...").
Under gdb, here is the log:

(no debugging symbols found)
Reading symbols from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape/inkscape.dbg...done.
Starting program: F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape/inkscape.exe
[New thread 1552.0x348]
[New thread 1552.0x218]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00000000 in ?? ()
#1 0x6d5b1963 in g_winhttp_vfs_init ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgio-2.0-0.dll
#2 0x63a5d894 in g_type_create_instance ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#3 0x63a46797 in g_object_constructor ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#4 0x63a45ba9 in g_object_newv ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#5 0x63a4668b in g_object_new_valist ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#6 0x63a46776 in g_object_new ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#7 0x6d5a81a8 in get_default_vfs ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgio-2.0-0.dll
#8 0x686095ee in g_once_impl ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libglib-2.0-0.dll
#9 0x6d5a820b in g_vfs_get_default ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgio-2.0-0.dll
#10 0x6d591543 in g_file_new_for_path ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgio-2.0-0.dll
#11 0x618bd082 in gtk_recent_manager_set_property ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll
#12 0x63a468fb in g_object_constructor ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#13 0x63a45ba9 in g_object_newv ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#14 0x63a4668b in g_object_new_valist ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#15 0x63a46776 in g_object_new ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#16 0x618bce79 in gtk_recent_manager_new ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll
#17 0x618bce96 in gtk_recent_manager_get_default ()
   from F:\Compiling\Compiled\sources\inkscape\libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll
#18 0x004daca1 in sp_ui_build_dyn_menus ()
#19 0x004da917 in sp_ui_build_dyn_menus ()
#20 0x004daece in sp_ui_main_menubar ()
#21 0x004e28da in sp_desktop_widget_new ()
#22 0x00414c7c in sp_file_new ()
#23 0x00415165 in sp_file_new_default ()
#24 0x00402e0d in sp_main_gui ()
#25 0x00408001 in Inkscape::NSApplication::Application::run ()
#26 0x00402b70 in main ()
(gdb) quit
The program is running. Exit anyway? (y or n)

I don't have any older version to try, only 0.46 works. All newer versions run on the same machine under a WXP SP2 installed on another partition.

I can say that with latest SVNs (can't say exactly from which one) this is fixed, at least for me.
Thanks a lot.

in that case, I'll mark it as fix released. If the problem reappears, feel free to re-open the report.