Bug#172995: libgtk1.2: @euro locales make all gtk1.2 apps die with SIGSEG (fwd)
At Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:58:07 +0200 (EET),
Martin--b�ic Racine wrote:
> Provides partial answers to (Bug#172995: libc6) and (Bug#110091: sylpheed). Thanks to Goto Masanori for
> hinting me this one (you were almost right to say fonts were at fault - it's actually locales).
>
> If I have fi_FI@euro as a locale while using libc6 2.3.1, none of the gtk1.2 apps work, they all die
> with a SIGSEG. This used to work fine using libc6 2.2.x (what's currently in testing).
>
> Given the above tip above the fonts, I checked if I have any ISO-8859-15 fonts and I indeed have; I can
> get the Euro and S/Z+caron as expected in gnome-terminal 2.1.0. I have also reinstalled the locales
> package (it correctly shows the @euro locales as being built), but it still doesn't fix anything.
>
> Reverting the locale settings to fi_FI in /etc/environment makes these gtk1.2 applications work again
> (except sylpheed, it still dies - but all others gqview, xmms, gaim, etc. work again), but obviously
> deprives me from the euro/scaron/zcaron glyphs I need.
>
> (OT) Who is handling the transition from fi_FI (ISO-8859-1) to fi_FI@euro (ISO-8859-15) for localisation of
> GTK and Gnome applications?
Thanks for your tackling this problem!
From your analysis, it seems gtk+ font naming issue...
You know, remaining this bug in libc6 is not appropriate. Could I
merge to #172995, or just close?
-- gotom
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