static void menuitem_select (GtkWidget *menu_item, gpointer user_data)
{	
	GtkWidget *menu;
	GtkWidget *menu_items;

	gtk_menu_item_remove_submenu (GTK_MENU_ITEM (menu_item));
	
	menu = gtk_menu_new ();
	menu_items = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label ("test");
	gtk_menu_shell_append (GTK_MENU_SHELL (menu), menu_items);
	gtk_widget_show (menu_items);
	
	g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (menu_items), "select",
				  G_CALLBACK (menuitem_select), 
				  NULL);

	gtk_menu_item_set_submenu (GTK_MENU_ITEM (menu_item), menu);
	
		//get the menu item label text	
	printf ("Show %s\n", gtk_label_get_text (GTK_LABEL (GTK_BIN (menu_item)->child)));
}

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#0  0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0x407b6541 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#2  0x407b7dbb in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#3  0x4073a1a0 in g_logv () from /opt/gnome/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4  0x4073a1e5 in g_log () from /opt/gnome/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#5  0x4073a33c in g_return_if_fail_warning () from /opt/gnome/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#6  0x40263df4 in gtk_widget_event () from /opt/gnome/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#7  0x4016ffc5 in gtk_propagate_event () from /opt/gnome/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#8  0x4017045f in gtk_main_do_event () from /opt/gnome/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#9  0x4037ae4a in gdk_screen_get_setting () from /opt/gnome/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#10 0x407325dc in g_main_context_dispatch () from /opt/gnome/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#11 0x40732c9b in g_main_context_dispatch () from /opt/gnome/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#12 0x40733187 in g_main_loop_run () from /opt/gnome/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#13 0x4016f5d1 in gtk_main () from /opt/gnome/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#14 0x08049161 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfd92174) at main.c:111
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