Bug#297479: gvimdiff: relocation error: /usr/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol: XRenderFindStandardFormat

[Arne Romo <arne@linuxtest.fc.hp.com>]

Package: libxft2
Version: 2.1.2-6
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software


when using gvimdiff -rv /etc/passwd /etc/group an unresolved symbol is reported
(gvimdiff: relocation error: /usr/lib/libXft.so.2: undefined symbol:
XRenderFindStandardFormat)

gvimdiff is provided by vim-perl version 6.3-061+1 

-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux linuxqa.fc.hp.com 2.4.22-1-686-smp #5 SMP Sat Oct 4 14:35:05 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages libxft2 depends on:
ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-20    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libfontconfig1           2.2.3-4         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6             2.1.7-2.3       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libx11-6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxrender1              0.8.3-7         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  xlibs                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-4       compression library - runtime