[pkg-wine-party] Bug#836911: /usr/bin/winecfg-development: winecfg-development is a fork bomb

[Ph. Marek]

Package: wine-development
Version: 1.9.18-1
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/winecfg-development

Running winecfg-development just made my machine unusable.

Excerpts of my "ps fax" output:

   5836 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   5843 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   5844 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   5845 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   5846 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   5847 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   5848 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   5849 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   5842 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   5850 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   5853 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   5851 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  ...
   6383 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  16146 ?        T      0:00  \_ C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   6384 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  16143 ?        T      0:00  \_ C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   6386 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  16217 ?        T      0:00  \_ C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
   6387 ?        Ts     0:00 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  ...
  16068 ?        Ts     0:00 /usr/lib/wine/wine64 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  16065 ?        Ts     0:00 /usr/lib/wine/wine64 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  16071 ?        Ts     0:03 /usr/lib/wine/wine64 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  16077 ?        Ts     0:00 /usr/lib/wine/wine64 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  16056 ?        Ts     0:00 /usr/lib/wine/wine64 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  16067 ?        Ts     0:00 /usr/lib/wine/wine64 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  16070 ?        Ts     0:01 /usr/lib/wine/wine64 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop
  16073 ?        Ts     0:00 /usr/lib/wine/wine64 C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe /desktop

The console window I started that in was spammed with lots of messages:

    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:ole:apartment_createwindowifneeded CreateWindow failed with error 1411
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:ole:apartment_createwindowifneeded CreateWindow failed with error 1411
    err:system:SYSPARAMS_Init Can't create wine registry branch
    err:system:SYSPARAMS_Init Can't create wine registry branch
    err:system:SYSPARAMS_Init Can't create wine registry branch
    err:system:SYSPARAMS_Init Can't create wine registry branch
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:ole:RPC_StartRemoting Couldn't register endpoint L"\\pipe\\OLE_000003f2000003f3"
    err:ole:RPC_StartRemoting Couldn't register endpoint L"\\pipe\\OLE_000003ee000003ef"
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:system:SYSPARAMS_Init Can't create wine registry branch
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:font:WineEngInit Failed to create font mutex
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:win:GetDesktopWindow failed to create desktop window
    err:ole:apartment_createwindowifneeded CreateWindow failed with error 1411
    err:ole:apartment_createwindowifneeded CreateWindow failed with error 1411


-- Package-specific info:
/usr/bin/wine points to /usr/bin/wine-stable.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_AT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages wine-development depends on:
ii  wine64-development  1.9.18-1

wine-development recommends no packages.

Versions of packages wine-development suggests:
ii  dosbox       0.74-4.2+b1
pn  playonlinux  <none>
ii  wine-binfmt  1.8.4-1
ii  winetricks   0.0+20160425-1

Versions of packages wine-development is related to:
ii  fonts-wine          1.8.4-1
ii  wine-development    1.9.18-1
pn  wine32-development  <none>
ii  wine64-development  1.9.18-1

-- no debconf information