(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: kdevelop Version: 2.1 (using KDE 3.0.0 ) Severity: normal Installed from: RedHat RPMs Compiler: gcc 2.96 OS: Linux OS/Compiler notes: RedHat 7.3 When creating a new project (of any type I think) using Application wizard if the project name contains the word "hello" (case insensitive) then the wizard seems to hang as when the replaceValuesInFiles in /usr/share/apps/kdevelop/tools/processes.pl is called with the argument "Makefile.am" in /pathj/to/projectname/projectname directory (for example Makefile.am in /home/nnashok/firsthello/firsthello). Explanation: In the subroutine replaceValuesInFiles (/usr/share/apps/kdevelop/tools/processes.pl) the input file ($oldfile) is scanned for keywords which are the keys of the hash %$hashref and replaced with the values ($hashref->{$word} where $word takes the value of every key in %hashref . One of these keywords is "|NAMELITTLE|" which is replaced with the project-name in small letters (in my case: firsthello). |NAMELITTLE| occurs as |NAMELITTLE_LDFLAGS in the input file and on replacement produces projectname_LDFLAGS (in my case firsthello_LDFLAGS). Another keyword that is searched for (after searching for |NAMELITTLE|) is "hello_" to be replaced with projectname_ (firsthello_ in my case). As the above replacement (|NAMELITTLE|)has just created the "hello_" (in firsthello_LDFLAGS) word to occur in the input file this replacement now produces "firstfirsthello_LDFLAGS". This produces a loop and hence kdevelop seems to hang (in my case it had repeated around 2760 times before i stopped it by closing the application wizard). I have checked that not using the "hello" word in the project name will prevent such a loop. I think replacing this key "hello_" with something similar to the other keys say "|HELLO_|" will take care of the loop as users will not use the word "|HELLO_|" in their project name. Thanks Ashok (Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
Fixed in Gideon (3.0)