Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Andree Leidenfrost ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >> Package: libnewt0.52 >> Version: 0.52.2-5.1 >> Severity: important >> >> Dear Alistair, >> >> In version 0.52.2-5.1, the crashes in case libfribidi0 is not installed >> have returned. I am attaching a full backtrace of a non-stripped program >> (mondoarchive) using a non-stripped libnewt0.52 (0.52.2-5.1). >> >> I believe this is really the same as #351367 and #290722. >> >> 0.52.2-5 is fine, the problem only starts with 0.52.2-5.1. Also as >> before, if libfribidi0 is installed, the problem goes away. >> >> I presume the underlying reason is (from the changelog): >> >> [...] >> * Apply patch from Eugeniy Meshcheryako to regenerate configure during build >> so that bidi support is enabled again. Closes: #379566 >> [...] >> >> Please let me know if you need any other information. >> > > > Please note that this latter change was needed by D-I, so any solution > reverting that change is not acceptable. > > I guess that a short-term solution would be making libnewt0.52 depend > on libfribidi0....but that'd virtually make the latter part of the > base system. > > > The NMU patch puts the fribidi code back into Newt; unfortunately thats not where it belongs: it somehow got dropped from libslang2. It was moved from newt to slang (the underlying library on which newt is based) in 2004; I need to do some work to figure out whats happened.
Working on this as quickly as possible, Alastair -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
