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0007484Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Farming/Farmer's Workshoppublic2014-07-19 08:342014-07-19 13:46
Reporterexottoyuhr 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusresolvedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformWindowsOSOS Version
Product Version0.40.03 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0007484: Character got stuck wanting to gather plants.
DescriptionIn Losing is !!Magic!!, I had a pony get stuck just inside my fort's entrance (a mirrored L shape, a bridge as the short end of the L, a trade depot just outside) on the Gather Plants labor. He came close to dying of thirst before I found the right combination of actions to get him unstuck: turning off plant gathering and un-designating all plants designated to be gathered. (Making him commander of a new squad, activating that squad, and giving the squad a move order wasn't enough.)
Steps To ReproduceI have no idea how to reproduce this, but it might be possible to find the bug anyways by looking at the source code; this behavior reminded me of the old problem with beekeeping, where if multiple beekeepers were present and tried to work with the same hive, the second and later ones would get stuck on the relevant hive-management command and potentially die of thirst if not micromanaged clear of the problem.

I do think that I had multiple herbalists present when this was active, and I was doing some surface construction, maybe surface woodcutting; could it be that the herb the character was pathing to was destroyed somehow?
Additional Information
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Relationships
duplicate of 0006842resolved Toady One Dwarves freeze up (get stuck) if path to destination is blocked (by a wall/bridge) 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2014-07-19 08:34exottoyuhrNew Issue
2014-07-19 08:35exottoyuhrNote Added: 0026949
2014-07-19 09:22DwarfuSummaryCharacter got stuck wanting to harvest plants. => Character got stuck wanting to gather plants.
2014-07-19 09:22DwarfuRelationship addedrelated to 0006842
2014-07-19 09:23DwarfuNote Added: 0026953
2014-07-19 12:39exottoyuhrNote Added: 0026962
2014-07-19 12:50exottoyuhrNote Edited: 0026962bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0026962#r10051
2014-07-19 13:46FootkerchiefRelationship replacedduplicate of 0006842
2014-07-19 13:46FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2014-07-19 13:46FootkerchiefResolutionopen => duplicate
2014-07-19 13:46FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief

Notes
(0026949)
exottoyuhr   
2014-07-19 08:35   
Ack, I wrote "harvest plants" here! I meant "gather plants" -- this is about Gather Plants and Herbalism, not about Harvest and Farming! Whoops...
(0026953)
Dwarfu   
2014-07-19 09:23   
Given you were doing contruction at the time, this is probably an instance of 0006842.
(0026962)
exottoyuhr   
2014-07-19 12:39   
(edited on: 2014-07-19 12:50)
I wouldn't be at all surprised if that's the case; feel free to close this as a probable duplicate, since I don't know how one could go about reproducing it.