Ticket #3670: browse-crash-fix.patch

webactivity.py

@@ -155 +155 @@
         _logger.debug('Starting the web activity')
 
         session = WebKit.get_default_session()
+
+        # Reference the object, so that unrefing it later won't destroy it
+        # Yes, we are deliberately leaking it, because otherwise
+        # it would be destroyed *after* the python interpreter is finalized.
+        # And that would result in a crash. See also:
+        #   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678046
+        #   http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/3670
+        import ctypes
+        import ctypes.util
+        glib = ctypes.CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library('gobject-2.0'))
+        # Note: the hash() of a GObject is its position in memory.
+        glib.g_object_ref(ctypes.c_void_p(hash(session)))
+
         session.set_property('accept-language-auto', True)
 
         # By default, cookies are not stored persistently, we have to