https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=400271
Bug ID: 400271
Summary: Need way to allow applications to handle invalid XML
without crashing.
Product: frameworks-kxmlgui
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: crash
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: kdelibs-b...@kde.org
Reporter: bus_kdezi...@semitwist.com
Target Milestone: ---
According to Elvis Angelaccio over at Bug 400093, "There is an abort() in
kxmlgui if the xml file has a wrong syntax." As a result, Dolphin crashes upon
startup if its config has become messed up, and is unable to perform any
actions such as informing the user of what went wrong, loading a default
configurations instead, etc. If both my understanding and Elvis's analysis of
kxmlgui correct, then this means ANY application using kxmlgui is doomed to the
same crash behaviour, with no option for graceful handling.
What is needed is a mechanism, possibly opt-in, for an application using
kxmlgui to be told of an error in the XML, leaving it up to the application to
determine how to proceed.
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