I think Eclipse is probably feeding GLib junk as input, so it's unsurprising that it crashes.
Can you please file this bug with Eclipse upstream? In the unlikely even that they discover it *is* a GLib but then we can reopen this. ** Changed in: glib2.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to glib2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672682 Title: Eclipse crashes due to misbehaviour of the "g_type_check_instance_cast" function Status in GLib: Unknown Status in glib2.0 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: During normal Eclipse IDE usage it crashed. The Java log, which is attached, shows that it's a problem in the "g_type_check_instance_cast" function from the "libgobject-2.0" library. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: libglib2.0-0 2.48.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-66.87-generic 4.4.44 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-66-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Mar 14 12:04:08 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-02 (315 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) SourcePackage: glib2.0 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/glib/+bug/1672682/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp