AppImageUpdate: Crash at startup on Ubuntu 20.04

$ ./AppImageUpdate-x86_64.AppImage
AppImageUpdate version 1-alpha (commit cb611d8), build 431 built on 2020-04-07 21:47:19 UTC
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.

(AppRun.wrapped:5738): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:58:11.580: Could not load a pixbuf from icon theme.
This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could not be found.
**
Gtk:ERROR:../../../../gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:494:ensure_surface_for_gicon: assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load /usr/share/icons/Yaru/16x16/status/image-missing.png: Fatal error reading PNG image file: bad parameters to zlib (gdk-pixbuf-error-quark, 0)
Bail out! Gtk:ERROR:../../../../gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:494:ensure_surface_for_gicon: assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load /usr/share/icons/Yaru/16x16/status/image-missing.png: Fatal error reading PNG image file: bad parameters to zlib (gdk-pixbuf-error-quark, 0)
Aborted (core dumped)

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Please try this and see whether it resolves the issue: … ./squashfs-root/AppRun # Does it work?

Yes, the app starts up.

For anyone running into this, please try the workaround described in #150 (comment) and report back whether it resolves the issue for you. Thanks!

https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageUpdate/issues/150#issuecomment-674013820 fixes the issue, Ubuntu 20.04.3, Gnome, X.org