[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#9153) Win32: assertion while loading savegame

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=9153 >

> [use_less - Wed Jun 30 22:53:04 2004]:

> I see you were using Kyzentun's largepox mod.  Did you upgrade it to the
> version without paratroopers, then load an old save?  Because this save
> game references unit type 56, while there are only 0-55 unit types.

Any segfault is a bug.  But freeciv doesn't vigorously check the input
from rulesets, tilesets, and savegames.  So there is a large possibility
for bugs in there; often we die() or assert() or even just assume that
things are correct.  What should happen is that we give a good
(translated) output message and exit, rather than crash.  A full audit
of the code may help, but I think at this point it would be more
productive (faster) just to find problems and fix them.

jason