[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#15203) SDL client: another crash in nation selection dialog

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=15203 >

Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=15203 >
> 
> When browsing leader names using the left and right arrows, the client
> randomly segfaults. Sometimes is gives this error message instead:
> 
> civclient: gui_string.c:206: copy_chars_to_string16: Assertion
> `pCharString != ((void *)0)' failed.
> Aborted
> 
> Yet sometimes, the crash is preceded by the appearance of a 'blank'
> leader name.

Sounds like memory errors.  Try running under valgrind (if you're on 
x86/linux).

-jason