preload crashes when it can't open its log file

Bug #259747 reported by hakinchen
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
preload (Debian)
New
Unknown
preload (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

If preload fails to open its log file ( if /var is read-only, or you use the -l switch to redirect it to another filesystem that is read-only ), then it crashes in g_logv().

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hakinchen (hakinchen) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic stack trace

StacktraceTop:preload_log_init (logfile=0x4075d0 "/var/log/preload.log") at log.c:78
main (argc=0, argv=0x7fff1e4a3a60) at preload.c:136

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Symbolic threaded stack trace
Changed in preload:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in preload (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: precise
Phillip Susi (psusi)
information type: Private → Public
summary: - preload crashed with signal 5 in __libc_start_main()
+ preload crashes when it can't open its log file
description: updated
Phillip Susi (psusi)
Changed in preload (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Medium → Low
Changed in preload (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
tags: added: saucy
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