bitcoin-qt dumps core during --help #12848

issue murrayn opened this issue on March 31, 2018
  1. murrayn commented at 10:20 AM on March 31, 2018: contributor

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    src/qt/bitcoin-qt dumps core when run with --help

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    Segmentation fault (core dumped)

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    Built from current source on Linux.

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    Starting happening after commit c7ec5243892c38f9f77781b0e24a237942e7c776

    Does not happen with {bitcoind, bitcoin-tx, bitcoin-cli} --help

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  2. fanquake commented at 10:22 AM on March 31, 2018: member
  3. murrayn commented at 11:27 AM on March 31, 2018: contributor

    OK can be closed. I never saw the references to my comment #10762 , that's why I opened it.

  4. murrayn closed this on Mar 31, 2018

  5. jnewbery commented at 2:07 PM on April 2, 2018: member

    @murrayn , thanks for reporting this. Sorry - I should have acknowledged your comment in #10762 .

  6. MarcoFalke locked this on Sep 8, 2021

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