From 632eaeadebbfccfc366b1435ff5761c4a3eaadd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wmayer <wmayer@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 09:47:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] + fixes #0002372: Application terminates on attempt to change
 external geometry from a sketch + fixes #0002373: When Measuring in the
 distance between two external geometry Freecad crashes

---
 src/Mod/Sketcher/App/planegcs/GCS.cpp | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/planegcs/GCS.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/planegcs/GCS.cpp
index cb12453ed..7f282bbfc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/planegcs/GCS.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/planegcs/GCS.cpp
@@ -3369,6 +3369,15 @@ int System::diagnose(Algorithm alg)
         return dofs;
     }
 
+    // When adding an external geometry or a constraint on an external geometry the array 'plist' is empty.
+    // So, we must abort here because otherwise we would create an invalid matrix and make the application
+    // eventually crash. This fixes issues #0002372/#0002373.
+    if (plist.empty()) {
+        hasDiagnosis = true;
+        dofs = plist.size();
+        return dofs;
+    }
+
     redundant.clear();
     conflictingTags.clear();
     redundantTags.clear();