Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> writes: > Clément Lassieur <clem...@lassieur.org> writes: > >>> Clément Lassieur transcribed 0.2K bytes: >>>> > icecat is failing, with new profiles, with old profiles. This can be >>>> > reproduced in a new profile by selecting 'Preferences > Applications'. >>>> > It should immediately crash. >>>> >>>> It doesn't crash when "--with-system-icu" is removed. >>> >>> Can you send a patch for this? >> >> Sure, but I'm not sure it is the right solution. It would be preferable >> to use system libraries when we can. What the other think? > > This usually indicates that upstream forked the library (or that the > depend on this particular version of the API). I think it’s better to > comment the configure flag with a FIXME and have a version of Icecat > that is usable than a version of Icecat that immediately crashes when > you start it. > > In any case I think it would be good to file a bug report upstream with > information about the exact version of ICU that we’re building with.
See https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26361.
