Bug#360055: libxft2 must be downgraded to stable's 2.1.7.1-1 for testing to be usable
Le jeudi 30 mars 2006 à 21:19 -0800, Steve Langasek a écrit :
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 01:56:47PM +0200, Olivier Berger wrote:
> > I understand that, and expected this kind of answer, hoping that I could
> > get clarification.
>
> You could have gotten clarification just by following up to the bug you knew
> was already open...
>
OK. My fault.
> > > > so that testing becomes useable without downgrading libxft*.dev to
> > > > stable's versions ?
>
> > > Testing is already perfectly usable if you're running testing. If you are
> > > still seeing bug #350113, you aren't running current testing, because
> > > libxft2 2.1.8.2-3 is not broken when using the libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 that's
> > > also in testing.
>
> > So you mean that the crashes in applications as reported in current open
> > grave bugs are now solved ?
>
> The final resolution is still pending; when freetype 2.2 is released, the
> shlibs will be bumped again, and the current RC bugs in libfreetype6 for
> breaking ABI will also be fixed. I don't think there's much point in trying
> to get this particular issue fixed up in the meantime, beyond the extent to
> which it already has been.
>
> > Thanks in advance if you can clarify this, and maybe update #350113
> > details for testing users who were hit by that bug at some time, and
> > reverted to stable's version (Following :
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=350113;msg=52)
>
> What do you believe is missing from my last message to bug #350113?
>
It was not really easy to understand, for people like me who had
downgraded libxft2 to stable's version, that the workaround was lo
longer necessary.
If I understand it clearly, there is no longer problems at runtime, only
at buildtime ?
I think some of the bugs which are merged to this one may need a bit of
update.
For instance #353572.
Maybe something like saying that the downgrading workaround is no longer
necessary for users of testing having upgraded libfreetype6, and that
there's no longer a need for holding libxft2 package.
Thanks for your time.
Best regards,
--
Olivier BERGER <olivier.berger@int-evry.fr>
Ingénieur Recherche - Dept INF
INT Evry (http://www.int-evry.fr)
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