[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #1800: Missing GRASS crashes application

[Quantum GIS]

#1800: Missing GRASS crashes application
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        Reporter:  peterk                            |         Owner:  peterk         
            Type:  bug                               |        Status:  new            
        Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |     Milestone:  Version 1.0.3  
       Component:  Python plugins and bindings       |       Version:  1.0.0          
      Resolution:                                    |      Keywords:  plug in manager
Platform_version:  10.4.11                           |      Platform:  OS X           
        Must_fix:  No                                |   Status_info:  0              
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Changes (by kyngchaos):

  * priority:  critical: causes crash or data corruption => major: does not
               work as expected
  * summary:  Plug in manager crashes application => Missing GRASS crashes
              application

Comment:

 A workaround, yes.

 I think the main cause here is the missing GRASS, possibly missing Python
 has the same result.  The crash appears to happen in different places,
 possibly depending on PPC vs Intel (my test where Qgis crashed on startup
 was on PPC, ahayes crash in the plugin manager was on Intel).  OSX 10.5
 (Leopard) seems to be fine - no crash when GRASS is missing, but no way to
 test missing Python since it's in the system.

 It's possible it's a problem with Qt on Tiger, or just the way Tiger
 [mis-] handles not being able to load libraries.

 I'd like to keep this open for now, in case someone has an idea what's
 going on and how to fix it.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1800#comment:20>
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