Ubuntu
pixmap package

  1. Bug #248382
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 248382

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) wrote :

motu-sru is subscribed to give clearance for uploading the fix to hardy-proposed:

1. The pixmap package sigsegv in hardy on amd64 arches.

2. The bug has been fixed in the release version (overriding the previous hack).

3. A minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package is attached.

4. TEST CASE:
A simple test case is defined here. **You must have an amd64 arch for this to make sense***

4.1 In Hardy, install the pixmap (2.6pl4-14.2) package with your preferred package manager.
4.2 Launch the application (for instance with pixmap from the command line). The application will crash.
4.3 Enable the hardy-proposed repository. For instance, you can do this by adding the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
  deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed universe
Update your local cache and upgrade pixmap.
4.4 Launch the application again. This time it should start with no problems.
4.5 Disable the hardy-proposed repository.

5. The fix is to add a standard header file, no regressions are expected.

WARNING: Any user willing to help with testing is more than welcome. Please be aware that there might be some time before the updated packages will be available in your mirror. The sru needs to be approved and the package manually copied by an archive admin, this may take from 1 to several days to be processed.