rest-for-physics / rest-for-physics/framework
Opening a REST file causes seg.fault if some object definitions were not compiled
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- Dominant language
- C++
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- 19
- Forks
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Description
If I generated a ROOT file with, for example, objects from the detector library. And someone else compiled REST without the detector library and tries to open the ROOT file, opening with restRoot will usually develop into a segmentation fault.
This should be prevented.
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Research direction
Reproduce the problem by opening a ROOT file with restRoot when it contains objects from the unavailable detector library. Start by tracing the ROOT-file loading path and how missing object definitions are handled. Done means opening the file no longer causes a segmentation fault; the payload names no specific source file or test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100