(gnome-terminal:21025): GLib-CRITICAL **: unquote_string_inplace: assertion `err == NULL || *err == NULL' failed

Bug #191107 reported by Brian J. Murrell
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #186109: Terminal Window Never Shows Up. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

Up-to-date Hardy installation. When I try to invoke gnome-terminal with an argument such as:

gnome-terminal -e --window-with-profile=Default --geometry=80x25 "foo \"bar\"" it crashes with:

brian@pc:~$ gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=Default --geometry=80x25 -e "ssh-loop linux exec su - root -c \"exec screen -x\""

(gnome-terminal:21025): GLib-CRITICAL **: unquote_string_inplace: assertion `err == NULL || *err == NULL' failed
*** glibc detected *** gnome-terminal: free(): invalid pointer: 0xb7efec40 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7496975]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb749a3e0]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x31)[0xb76c4c21]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_error_free+0x29)[0xb76adc39]
gnome-terminal[0x805e510]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb76ca647]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb76cab94]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_option_context_parse+0x3bd)[0xb76cb06d]
/usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0(gnome_program_parse_args+0xe1)[0xb7e1d0b1]
/usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0[0xb7e1e3bd]
/usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0(gnome_program_init+0x71)[0xb7e1e6f1]
gnome-terminal[0x805f193]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb7441450]
gnome-terminal[0x8054761]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-08081000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 508124 /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
08081000-08083000 rwxp 00039000 fe:0f 508124 /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
08083000-080ac000 rwxp 08083000 00:00 0 [heap]
b6900000-b6921000 rwxp b6900000 00:00 0
b6921000-b6a00000 ---p b6921000 00:00 0
b6a3f000-b6a4f000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 482948 /usr/share/locale-langpack/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
b6a4f000-b6a58000 r-xp 00000000 fe:15 34599 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.7.so
b6a58000-b6a5a000 rwxp 00008000 fe:15 34599 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.7.so
b6a64000-b6a74000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 481998 /usr/share/locale-langpack/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gtk20.mo
b6a74000-b6a96000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 481999 /usr/share/locale-langpack/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gtk20-properties.mo
b6a96000-b6a9c000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 482515 /usr/share/locale-langpack/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/libgnome-2.0.mo
b6a9c000-b6adb000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 297160 /usr/lib/locale/en_CA.utf8/LC_CTYPE
b6adb000-b6bbb000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 278851 /usr/lib/locale/en_CA.utf8/LC_COLLATE
b6bbb000-b6bbe000 rwxp b6bbb000 00:00 0
b6bbe000-b6bc1000 r-xp 00000000 fe:15 24306 /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.3.0
b6bc1000-b6bc2000 rwxp 00002000 fe:15 24306 /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.3.0
b6bc2000-b6bc3000 rwxp b6bc2000 00:00 0
b6bc3000-b6bc7000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 278968 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b6bc7000-b6bc8000 rwxp 00003000 fe:0f 278968 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b6bc8000-b6bfe000 r-xp 00000000 fe:15 68832 /lib/libsepol.so.1
b6bfe000-b6bff000 rwxp 00035000 fe:15 68832 /lib/libsepol.so.1
b6bff000-b6c09000 rwxp b6bff000 00:00 0
b6c09000-b6c54000 r-xp 00000000 fe:15 24293 /lib/libgcrypt.so.11.2.3
b6c54000-b6c56000 rwxp 0004a000 fe:15 24293 /lib/libgcrypt.so.11.2.3
b6c56000-b6c65000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 280523 /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3.0.12
b6c65000-b6c66000 rwxp 0000e000 fe:0f 280523 /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3.0.12
b6c66000-b6c7a000 r-xp 00000000 fe:15 34591 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.7.so
b6c7a000-b6c7c000 rwxp 00013000 fe:15 34591 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.7.so
b6c7c000-b6c7f000 rwxp b6c7c000 00:00 0
b6c7f000-b6d42000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 286052 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
b6d42000-b6d47000 rwxp 000c2000 fe:0f 286052 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
b6d47000-b6d4d000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 279528 /usr/lib/libgailutil.so.18.0.1
b6d4d000-b6d4e000 rwxp 00006000 fe:0f 279528 /usr/lib/libgailutil.so.18.0.1
b6d4e000-b6d58000 r-xp 00000000 fe:15 24304 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b6d58000-b6d59000 rwxp 0000a000 fe:15 24304 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b6d59000-b6e41000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 279506 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.9
b6e41000-b6e44000 r-xp 000e8000 fe:0f 279506 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.9
b6e44000-b6e46000 rwxp 000eb000 fe:0f 279506 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.9
b6e46000-b6e4d000 rwxp b6e46000 00:00 0
b6e4d000-b6e7b000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 279007 /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0.9.6
b6e7b000-b6e7c000 rwxp 0002e000 fe:0f 279007 /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0.9.6
b6e7c000-b6e9e000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 281033 /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.15.0
b6e9e000-b6e9f000 rwxp 00022000 fe:0f 281033 /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.15.0
b6e9f000-b6ea1000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 278745 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b6ea1000-b6ea2000 rwxp 00001000 fe:0f 278745 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b6ea2000-b6ec1000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 279009 /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2
b6ec1000-b6ec3000 rwxp 0001e000 fe:0f 279009 /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.5.2
b6ec3000-b6eda000 r-xp 00000000 fe:0f 279566 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0
b6eda000-b6edb000 rwxp 00016000 fe:0f 279566 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0
b6edb000-b6edc000 rwxp b6edb000 00Aborted (core dumped)

Very (100%) reproduceable.

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