freerdp3: winpr_assert causes Remmina to crash very often

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Nixpkgs version

• Unstable (25.05)

Describe the bug

After a recent upgrade, Remmina crashes very often when connecting through RDP:

[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_int_assert]: (((L0 - H0) == (__typeof(L0 - H0))((int16_t)((L0 - H0))))) [./libfreerdp/codec/progressive.c:progressive_rfx_idwt_y:733]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 0: dli_fname=/nix/store/52xif8iq0qjny2a70jp9ancwkf2awjas-freerdp-3.12.0/lib/libwinpr3.so.3 [0x7f8f54349000], dli_sname=winpr_unwind_backtrace [0x7f8f543ce3d0]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 1: dli_fname=/nix/store/52xif8iq0qjny2a70jp9ancwkf2awjas-freerdp-3.12.0/lib/libwinpr3.so.3 [0x7f8f54349000], dli_sname=winpr_log_backtrace_ex [0x7f8f543ce600]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 2: dli_fname=/nix/store/52xif8iq0qjny2a70jp9ancwkf2awjas-freerdp-3.12.0/lib/libwinpr3.so.3 [0x7f8f54349000], dli_sname=winpr_int_assert [0x7f8f5441c660]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 3: dli_fname=/nix/store/52xif8iq0qjny2a70jp9ancwkf2awjas-freerdp-3.12.0/lib/libfreerdp3.so.3 [0x7f8f47c00000], dli_sname=(null) [(nil)]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 4: dli_fname=/nix/store/52xif8iq0qjny2a70jp9ancwkf2awjas-freerdp-3.12.0/lib/libfreerdp3.so.3 [0x7f8f47c00000], dli_sname=(null) [(nil)]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 5: dli_fname=/nix/store/52xif8iq0qjny2a70jp9ancwkf2awjas-freerdp-3.12.0/lib/libfreerdp3.so.3 [0x7f8f47c00000], dli_sname=(null) [(nil)]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 6: dli_fname=/nix/store/52xif8iq0qjny2a70jp9ancwkf2awjas-freerdp-3.12.0/lib/libfreerdp3.so.3 [0x7f8f47c00000], dli_sname=(null) [(nil)]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 7: dli_fname=/nix/store/52xif8iq0qjny2a70jp9ancwkf2awjas-freerdp-3.12.0/lib/libwinpr3.so.3 [0x7f8f54349000], dli_sname=(null) [(nil)]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 8: dli_fname=/nix/store/52xif8iq0qjny2a70jp9ancwkf2awjas-freerdp-3.12.0/lib/libwinpr3.so.3 [0x7f8f54349000], dli_sname=(null) [(nil)]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 9: dli_fname=/nix/store/6q2mknq81cyscjmkv72fpcsvan56qhmg-glibc-2.40-66/lib/libc.so.6 [0x7f8f5aa00000], dli_sname=(null) [(nil)]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 10: dli_fname=/nix/store/6q2mknq81cyscjmkv72fpcsvan56qhmg-glibc-2.40-66/lib/libc.so.6 [0x7f8f5aa00000], dli_sname=(null) [(nil)]
[14:16:44:702] [71730:0001189b] [FATAL][com.freerdp.winpr.assert] - [winpr_log_backtrace_ex]: 11: unresolvable, address=(nil)
Aborted (core dumped)

Also, when starting Remmina, a warning is printed that says FreeRDP is compiled with 'WITH_VERBOSE_WINPR_ASSERT=ON':

[13:25:39:941] [71730:00011844] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.rdp] - [log_build_warn][0x32e0b230]: *************************************************
[13:25:39:941] [71730:00011844] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.rdp] - [log_build_warn][0x32e0b230]: This build is using [runtime-check] build options:
[13:25:39:941] [71730:00011844] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.rdp] - [log_build_warn][0x32e0b230]: * 'WITH_VERBOSE_WINPR_ASSERT=ON'
[13:25:39:941] [71730:00011844] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.rdp] - [log_build_warn][0x32e0b230]: 
[13:25:39:941] [71730:00011844] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.rdp] - [log_build_warn][0x32e0b230]: [runtime-check] build options might slow down the application
[13:25:39:941] [71730:00011844] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.rdp] - [log_build_warn][0x32e0b230]: *************************************************

A relevant issue from Gentoo solves this by turning off WITH_VERBOSE_WINPR_ASSERT.

After adding this flag to freerdp3 in my config, the startup warning is gone, and Remmina doesn't seem to crash.

Steps to reproduce

Install Remmina 1.4.39 from unstable branch and use it for RDP for some time -- it crashes quite often.

Expected behaviour

Remmina won't often crash

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Additional context

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System metadata

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 6.12.15, NixOS, 25.05 (Warbler), 25.05.20250221.32fb99b
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.24.12
• nixpkgs: /nix/store/qc7n2v5yl42m2wq59f59ly6igiwljh11-source

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