* gtkutil.c (make_menu_item): Make sure we don't crash on a NULL

  menu item label.

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 9c4822ce1da..8aec4824cc4 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-03  Jan Dj,Ad(Brv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
+
+        * gtkutil.c (make_menu_item): Make sure we don't crash on a NULL
+        menu item label.
+
 2003-06-03  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
 
         * window.c (Fwindow_edges): Doc fix.
diff --git a/src/gtkutil.c b/src/gtkutil.c
index 76d16c07695..6ad7bc24246 100644
--- a/src/gtkutil.c
+++ b/src/gtkutil.c
@@ -1249,6 +1249,12 @@ make_menu_item (utf8_label, utf8_key, item, group)
   GtkWidget *w;
   GtkWidget *wtoadd = 0;
 
+  /* It has been observed that some menu items have a NULL name field.
+     This will lead to this function being called with a NULL utf8_label.
+     GTK crashes on that so we set a blank label.  Why there is a NULL
+     name remains to be investigated.  */
+  if (! utf8_label) utf8_label = " ";
+
   if (utf8_key)
     wtoadd = make_widget_for_menu_item (utf8_label, utf8_key);