From fadc900a0a8ff236b40da30fad48110902204b91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Turner <james@flightgear.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:02:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "NaturalEarthLoader: free the thread, oops"

THis doesn't work in all timing conditions, because the thread
can commit suicide.

This reverts commit aeca129034a63e7159468042c20871b4cb2b10c1.
---
 src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx b/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx
index e057550db..e9453b2b9 100644
--- a/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx
+++ b/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ bool runLauncherDialog()
     // will happen as normal
     http->init();
 
-    std::unique_ptr<NaturalEarthDataLoaderThread> naturalEarthLoader{new NaturalEarthDataLoaderThread};
+    QPointer<NaturalEarthDataLoaderThread> naturalEarthLoader = new NaturalEarthDataLoaderThread;
     naturalEarthLoader->start();
 
     // avoid double Apple menu and other weirdness if both Qt and OSG