Windows Application Development on Linux

Make sure you have installed MinGW on Linux:

sudo apt install mingw-w64 gdb-mingw-w64

Optionally, for testing purpose, install also WINE:

wine-stable wine-development wine64 wine64-development

FYI, with my recent mingw32 installation, the location for needed DLL files are in :

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3-posix/

ll /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3-posix/*.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   482339 Mar 12  2018 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3-posix/libatomic-1.dll*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  1190750 Mar 12  2018 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3-posix/libgcc_s_seh-1.dll*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  1523015 Mar 12  2018 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3-posix/libgomp-1.dll*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  1393636 Mar 12  2018 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3-posix/libquadmath-0.dll*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   387526 Mar 12  2018 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3-posix/libssp-0.dll*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16229690 Mar 12  2018 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/7.3-posix/libstdc++-6.dll*

(this path should be added into PATH to make wine able to run our compiled EXE)

Example of Makefile:


APP=MyGUI
CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
WRC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres

$(APP).exe : $(APP).o $(APP).res
$(CC) -mwindows $(APP).o $(APP).res -o $@

$(APP).o: $(APP).c
$(CC) -mwindows -c -o $@ $<

$(APP).res : resource.rc resource.h
$(WRC) $< -O coff -o $@

clean:
rm *.res *.o $(APP).exe



The Source code:

/*-------------------------------------------------*/
/* MyGUI.c - gui hello world                    */
/* build: gcc -mwindows MyGUI.c -o MyGUI.exe */
/*-------------------------------------------------*/
#include <windows.h>

char glpszText[1024];

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);

/******************************************************************************
* Main entry
******************************************************************************/
int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, 
     HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
     LPSTR lpCmdLine,
     int nCmdShow)
{
 wsprintf(glpszText, 
   "Hello World\nGetCommandLine(): [%s]\n"
   "WinMain lpCmdLine: [%s]\n",
   lpCmdLine, GetCommandLine() );

 WNDCLASSEX wcex; 
              
  wcex.cbSize = sizeof(wcex);
 wcex.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
 wcex.lpfnWndProc = WndProc; /* set the callback */
 wcex.cbClsExtra = 0;
 wcex.cbWndExtra = 0;
 wcex.hInstance = hInstance;
 wcex.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
 wcex.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
 wcex.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1);
 wcex.lpszMenuName = NULL;
 wcex.lpszClassName = "MYGUI";
 wcex.hIconSm = NULL;

 if (!RegisterClassEx(&wcex))
  return FALSE; 

 HWND hWnd;
 hWnd = CreateWindow("MYGUI", "MyGUI", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
      CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, 
      CW_USEDEFAULT, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

 if (!hWnd)
  return FALSE;

 ShowWindow(hWnd, nCmdShow);
 UpdateWindow(hWnd);

 MSG msg;
 /* main loop */
 while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) 
 {
  /* we can intercept keystrokes here too if we want */
  TranslateMessage(&msg);
  DispatchMessage(&msg);
 }

 return msg.wParam;
}


/******************************************************************************
* Main callback
******************************************************************************/
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
 PAINTSTRUCT ps;
 HDC hdc;
                                                 
 switch (message) 
 {
  case WM_PAINT:
   hdc = BeginPaint(hWnd, &ps);
   RECT rt;
   GetClientRect(hWnd, &rt);
   DrawText(hdc, glpszText, strlen(glpszText), &rt, DT_TOP | DT_LEFT);
   EndPaint(hWnd, &ps);
   break;

  case WM_DESTROY:
   PostQuitMessage(0);
   break;
    
  default:
   /* for everything else unhandled, do this */
   return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
   
 }
   
 return 0;
   
}

To run:

wine64 MyGUI.exe

If we find issue that WINE could not find some MinGW's *.dll, create soft links in WINE's system directory to the MinGW's dll:

pushd ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system
cp -s /usr/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/7.3-win32/*.dll .
popd



To debug the EXE:

i686-w64-mingw32-gdb <EXE code>

To list (dir command) file names sorted by their name's length

Suppose we want to list certain files (or all files in a directory), but sorted ascending by their filename's length.

The following small script meets the purpose:

First, create a PowerShell script, say, dirnamesize.ps1 with its content as below:

param (
   [string]$dirpath = "."
)

gci $dirpath | select-object name, @{Name="Nlength";Expression={$_.Name.Length}} | sort-object Nlength


Second, create a normal DOS shell file to call that PowerShell (so we don't need to open PowerShell), say, dirnamesize.cmd with the content:

set DIRPATH=%*

@if "%DIRPATH%"=="" (
    powershell dirnamesize.ps1
) else (
    powershell dirnamesize.ps1 -dirpath %DIRPATH%
)


Example:

C:\Windows>dirname *.xml

Name                        Nlength
----                        -------
Education.xml                    13
ServerRdsh.xml                   14
Enterprise.xml                   14
Professional.xml                 16
ProfessionalEducation.xml        25
ProfessionalWorkstation.xml      27

Example of Intrusive Singly Linked List

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stddef.h>



typedef struct list_item {
    int val;
    void *next;
} list_item;


typedef struct List {
    list_item *head;
    list_item *prev;
} List;


list_item *create_list_item(int val)
{
    list_item *p = (list_item *)malloc(sizeof(list_item));
    if (p)
    {
        p->val = val;
        p->next = NULL;
    }
    return p;
}


void add_list_item_into_node(List *list, int val)
{
    list_item *newlist_item = create_list_item(val);
    if (list->prev != NULL)
    {
        list->prev->next = newlist_item;
        list->prev = newlist_item;
    }
    else
    {
        list->head = newlist_item;
        list->prev = newlist_item;
        printf("FIRST! head==prev ? %d, %p\n", list->head==list->prev, list->head);
    }

    printf("%p added; head=%p, prev=%p\n", newlist_item, list->head, list->prev);
}


void init_list(List *l)
{
    l->head = l->prev = NULL;
}


void clear_list(List *l)
{
    list_item *p = l->head;
    while (p != NULL)
    {
        list_item *pn = (list_item *)p->next; 
        printf("Freeing %p, next p is=%p\n", p, pn);
        free(p);
        p = pn;
    }
    l->head = l->prev = NULL;
}


typedef void (*callback_t)(list_item *);

void print(list_item *p)
{
    printf("p=%p: val=%d\n", p, p->val);
}

void iterate(List *list, callback_t cbk)
{
    list_item *p = list->head;
    while (p)
    {
        cbk(p);
        p = p->next;
    }
}

int main()
{
    List mylist;
    init_list(&mylist);

    for(int i=0; i<10; ++i)
    {
        add_list_item_into_node(&mylist, i*2+1);
    }

   iterate(&mylist, print);

    // cleanup; starting from head
    printf("Cleaning up!\n");
    clear_list(&mylist);
    iterate(&mylist, print);

    printf("head = %p, prev=%p\n", mylist.head, mylist.prev);
}

Unique Pointer (Smart Pointer)

The following example shows how to use unique_ptr which semantically 'moves' the data during assignment:

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>


using namespace std;


class MyClass
{
public:

#if COMPILE_ERROR
    MyClass
    (
        std::unique_ptr<int> const &  pOpt = std::unique_ptr<int>(nullptr) 
    ) : m_ptr(std::move(pOpt))
    {
    }
#else
    explicit MyClass
    ( 
        std::unique_ptr<int> pOpt = std::unique_ptr<int>(nullptr)
    ) : m_ptr(std::move(pOpt))
    {
        std::cout << __FUNCTION__ << "() : m_ptr=" << m_ptr.get() << std::endl;
    }

    MyClass() = delete;

#endif
    friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const MyClass& c);

private:
    std::unique_ptr<int>  m_ptr;
};


template<typename T>
std::unique_ptr<T>& pass_through(std::unique_ptr<T>& p)
{
    if (p != nullptr)
        std::cout << *p << std::endl;
    else
        std::cout << "nullptr" << std::endl;
    return p;
}


ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const MyClass& c)
{
    if (c.m_ptr != nullptr)
        return os << __FUNCTION__ << "(): " <<  *c.m_ptr;
    else
        return os << __FUNCTION__ << "(): nullptr";
}


int main()
{
    std::unique_ptr<int> pInt(new int(15));

    MyClass data();
    MyClass data2(std::move(pInt));

    pass_through(pInt);
    
    std::cout << "data = " << data << std::endl;
    std::cout << "data2 = " << data2 << std::endl;
}

MyClass() : m_ptr=0x7430d0

nullptr

data = 1

data2 = operator<<(): 15

Callback via C++ template

The following code would make a callback via template:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

#include <iostream> template <typename F> void call(F func) { func(); } void print() { std::cout << __FUNCTION__ << "()" << std::endl; } int main() { call(print); }

Debugging Issues related to GLib

Got this problem when running my compiled wxformbuilder:

***MEMORY-ERROR***: wxformbuilder[19377]: GSlice: assertion failed: aligned_memory == (gpointer) addr
Aborted (core dumped)

The workaround is to embed G_SLICE=always-malloc when invoking the command-line, e.g:

G_SLICE=always-malloc ./wxformbuilder 

According to the GLib documentation:

always-malloc:This will cause all slices allocated through g_slice_alloc() and released by g_slice_free1() to be actually allocated via direct calls to g_malloc() and g_free(). This is most useful for memory checkers and similar programs that use Boehm GC alike algorithms to produce more accurate results. It can also be in conjunction with debugging features of the system's malloc() implementation such as glibc's MALLOC_CHECK_=2 to debug erroneous slice allocation code, although debug-blocks is usually a better suited debugging tool.

To debug the issue, valgrind is our friend in this case.

For example, when running it with valgrind it shows a lot of memory leaks (apparently some issues in wxWidgets):



valgrind ./wxformbuilder

==18887== Memcheck, a memory error detector

==18887== Copyright (C) 2002-2017, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.

==18887== Using Valgrind-3.13.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info

==18887== Command: ./wxformbuilder

==18887==

==18887== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc()
==18887== at 0x4C30D3B: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)

==18887== by 0x6EAE3D0: wxLocale::GetSystemEncodingName() (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EAEA2A: wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding() (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F06C18: wxCSConv::SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0D2E3: wxCSConv::wxCSConv(wxFontEncoding) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0D398: wxGet_wxConvLocalPtr() (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6DD07CE: _GLOBAL__sub_I_strconv.cpp (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x4010732: call_init (dl-init.c:72)

==18887== by 0x4010732: _dl_init (dl-init.c:119)

==18887== by 0x40010C9: ??? (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.27.so)

==18887== Address 0x4029fe0 is in a rwx anonymous segment

==18887==

==18887== Invalid read of size 16

==18887== at 0x7E8798D: __wcsnlen_sse4_1 (strlen.S:117)

==18887== by 0x7E74EC1: wcsrtombs (wcsrtombs.c:104)

==18887== by 0x6F8B13F: wxWC2MB(char*, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F07CD5: wxMBConv::FromWChar(char*, unsigned long, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F14F78: wxString::AsChar(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0C2F9: wxCSConv::DoCreate() const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0D2EB: wxCSConv::wxCSConv(wxFontEncoding) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0D398: wxGet_wxConvLocalPtr() (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6DD07CE: _GLOBAL__sub_I_strconv.cpp (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x4010732: call_init (dl-init.c:72)

==18887== by 0x4010732: _dl_init (dl-init.c:119)

==18887== by 0x40010C9: ??? (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.27.so)

==18887== Address 0x14d47b30 is 8 bytes after a block of size 24 alloc'd

==18887== at 0x4C2FB0F: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)

==18887== by 0x6F07DB7: wxMBConv::FromWChar(char*, unsigned long, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F14F78: wxString::AsChar(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0C2F9: wxCSConv::DoCreate() const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0D2EB: wxCSConv::wxCSConv(wxFontEncoding) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0D398: wxGet_wxConvLocalPtr() (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6DD07CE: _GLOBAL__sub_I_strconv.cpp (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x4010732: call_init (dl-init.c:72)

==18887== by 0x4010732: _dl_init (dl-init.c:119)

==18887== by 0x40010C9: ??? (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.27.so)

==18887==

==18887== Invalid read of size 16

==18887== at 0x7E87992: __wcsnlen_sse4_1 (strlen.S:117)

==18887== by 0x7E74EC1: wcsrtombs (wcsrtombs.c:104)

==18887== by 0x6F8B13F: wxWC2MB(char*, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F07CD5: wxMBConv::FromWChar(char*, unsigned long, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F14F78: wxString::AsChar(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0C2F9: wxCSConv::DoCreate() const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0D2EB: wxCSConv::wxCSConv(wxFontEncoding) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0D398: wxGet_wxConvLocalPtr() (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6DD07CE: _GLOBAL__sub_I_strconv.cpp (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x4010732: call_init (dl-init.c:72)

==18887== by 0x4010732: _dl_init (dl-init.c:119)

==18887== by 0x40010C9: ??? (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.27.so)

==18887== Address 0x14d47b40 is 16 bytes after a block of size 32 in arena "client"

==18887==

==18887== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)

==18887== at 0x7E87A61: __wcsnlen_sse4_1 (strlen.S:161)

==18887== by 0x7E74EC1: wcsrtombs (wcsrtombs.c:104)

==18887== by 0x6F8B13F: wxWC2MB(char*, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F07CD5: wxMBConv::FromWChar(char*, unsigned long, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F14F78: wxString::AsChar(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0C2F9: wxCSConv::DoCreate() const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0D2EB: wxCSConv::wxCSConv(wxFontEncoding) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F0D398: wxGet_wxConvLocalPtr() (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6DD07CE: _GLOBAL__sub_I_strconv.cpp (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x4010732: call_init (dl-init.c:72)

==18887== by 0x4010732: _dl_init (dl-init.c:119)

==18887== by 0x40010C9: ??? (in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.27.so)

==18887==

==18887== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc()

==18887== at 0x4C30D3B: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)

==18887== by 0x6EAE3D0: wxLocale::GetSystemEncodingName() (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x629CE5E: wxApp::Initialize(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_gtk3u_core-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EABB9C: wxEntryStart(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EAC5A9: wxInitialize(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EAC5FA: wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x1E8D57: main (maingui.cpp:83)

==18887== Address 0x4029fc0 is in a rwx anonymous segment

==18887==

==18887== Invalid read of size 16

==18887== at 0x7E87AC2: __wcsnlen_sse4_1 (strlen.S:194)

==18887== by 0x7E74EC1: wcsrtombs (wcsrtombs.c:104)

==18887== by 0x6F8B13F: wxWC2MB(char*, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F07CD5: wxMBConv::FromWChar(char*, unsigned long, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F14F78: wxString::AsChar(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6E763C4: wxString::AsCharBuf(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x7016906: wxSetEnv(wxString const&, wxString const&) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x629D359: wxApp::Initialize(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_gtk3u_core-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EABB9C: wxEntryStart(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EAC5A9: wxInitialize(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EAC5FA: wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x1E8D57: main (maingui.cpp:83)

==18887== Address 0x14e00f20 is 0 bytes after a block of size 80 alloc'd

==18887== at 0x4C2FB0F: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)

==18887== by 0x6F07DB7: wxMBConv::FromWChar(char*, unsigned long, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F14F78: wxString::AsChar(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6E763C4: wxString::AsCharBuf(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x7016906: wxSetEnv(wxString const&, wxString const&) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x629D359: wxApp::Initialize(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_gtk3u_core-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EABB9C: wxEntryStart(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EAC5A9: wxInitialize(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EAC5FA: wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x1E8D57: main (maingui.cpp:83)

==18887==

==18887== Invalid read of size 16

==18887== at 0x7E87AC7: __wcsnlen_sse4_1 (strlen.S:194)

==18887== by 0x7E74EC1: wcsrtombs (wcsrtombs.c:104)

==18887== by 0x6F8B13F: wxWC2MB(char*, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F07CD5: wxMBConv::FromWChar(char*, unsigned long, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F14F78: wxString::AsChar(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6E763C4: wxString::AsCharBuf(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x7016906: wxSetEnv(wxString const&, wxString const&) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x629D359: wxApp::Initialize(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_gtk3u_core-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EABB9C: wxEntryStart(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EAC5A9: wxInitialize(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EAC5FA: wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x1E8D57: main (maingui.cpp:83)

==18887== Address 0x14e00f30 is 16 bytes after a block of size 80 alloc'd

==18887== at 0x4C2FB0F: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)

==18887== by 0x6F07DB7: wxMBConv::FromWChar(char*, unsigned long, wchar_t const*, unsigned long) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6F14F78: wxString::AsChar(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6E763C4: wxString::AsCharBuf(wxMBConv const&) const (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x7016906: wxSetEnv(wxString const&, wxString const&) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x629D359: wxApp::Initialize(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_gtk3u_core-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EABB9C: wxEntryStart(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EAC5A9: wxInitialize(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x6EAC5FA: wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**) (in /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3.0.0)

==18887== by 0x1E8D57: main (maingui.cpp:83)

==18887==

==18887== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc()

==18887== at 0x4C30D3B: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)

==18887== by 0xA95DAFB: _XFreeDisplayStructure (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0)

==18887== by 0xA94AE7E: XCloseDisplay (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0)

==18887== by 0x12331FC8: atspi_get_a11y_bus (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatspi.so.0.0.1)

==18887== by 0xD2DEE89: atk_bridge_adaptor_init (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0.0.0)

==18887== by 0x85D3B03: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0.2200.30)

==18887== by 0x8774498: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0.2200.30)

==18887== by 0x915410C: g_closure_invoke (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3)

==18887== by 0x916705D: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3)

==18887== by 0x916F714: g_signal_emit_valist (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3)

==18887== by 0x917012E: g_signal_emit (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3)

==18887== by 0x91585C3: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3)

==18887== Address 0x4029f00 is in a rwx anonymous segment

==18887==

==18887== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc()

==18887== at 0x4C30D3B: free (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)

==18887== by 0xA95DD09: _XFreeDisplayStructure (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0)

==18887== by 0xA94AE7E: XCloseDisplay (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0)

==18887== by 0x12331FC8: atspi_get_a11y_bus (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatspi.so.0.0.1)

==18887== by 0xD2DEE89: atk_bridge_adaptor_init (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0.0.0)

==18887== by 0x85D3B03: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0.2200.30)

==18887== by 0x8774498: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0.2200.30)

==18887== by 0x915410C: g_closure_invoke (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3)

==18887== by 0x916705D: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3)

==18887== by 0x916F714: g_signal_emit_valist (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3)

==18887== by 0x917012E: g_signal_emit (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3)

==18887== by 0x91585C3: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.5600.3)

==18887== Address 0x4029f10 is in a rwx anonymous segment

...

...

==20545== More than 1000 different errors detected.  I'm not reporting any more.

==20545== Final error counts will be inaccurate.  Go fix your program!

==20545== Rerun with --error-limit=no to disable this cutoff.  Note

==20545== that errors may occur in your program without prior warning from

==20545== Valgrind, because errors are no longer being displayed.

==20545== 

Debugging with GDB gives:

$ gdb /usr/local/bin/wxformbuilder
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Reading symbols from /usr/local/bin/wxformbuilder...done.
(gdb) go
Command requires an argument.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/local/bin/wxformbuilder
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
***MEMORY-ERROR***: wxformbuilder[22214]: GSlice: assertion failed: aligned_memory == (gpointer) addr
Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
__GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:51
51 ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or directory.
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff4aa7e97 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:51
#1  0x00007ffff4aa9801 in __GI_abort () at abort.c:79
#2  0x00007ffff23496b4 in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3  0x00007ffff234a0db in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4  0x00007ffff234ad1e in g_slice_alloc () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5  0x00007ffff234ad99 in g_slice_alloc0 () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#6  0x00007ffff38ad925 in g_type_create_instance () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#7  0x00007ffff388e748 in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#8  0x00007ffff388fee5 in g_object_new_with_properties () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#9  0x00007ffff3890961 in g_object_new () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#10 0x00007ffff3b3dbda in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
#11 0x00007ffff3b2de3d in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
#12 0x00007ffff3b02d5d in gdk_display_manager_open_display () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
#13 0x00007ffff3ff267a in gtk_init_check () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0
#14 0x00007ffff64324ae in wxApp::Initialize(int&, wchar_t**) () at /usr/local/lib/libwx_gtk3u_core-3.1.so.3
#15 0x00007ffff5a53b9d in wxEntryStart(int&, wchar_t**) () at /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3
#16 0x00007ffff5a545aa in wxInitialize(int&, wchar_t**) () at /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3
#17 0x00007ffff5a545fb in wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**) () at /usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.1.so.3
#18 0x0000555555634d58 in main(int, char**) (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffded8) at ../src/maingui.cpp:83