This bug has been fixed upstream, but Ubuntu is still shipping an older version without the fix.
https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/5580 ** Bug watch added: Transmission Trac #5580 https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/5580 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to transmission in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1225326 Title: transmission-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV in curl_easy_pause() Status in “transmission” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Transmission crashed twice since i added the download of LibreOffice 4.1.1 from http://tracker.documentfoundation.org:6969/announce. Crash report is attached. . Xubuntu 12.04.3 Transmission 2.82-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 . To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/1225326/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp