skencil segfault on startup

[Pavel Mlčoch]

Binary package hint: skencil

1. install
2. run by Application menu or commandline (strace skencil 1>out.txt 2>dbg.txt)

[Freddy Martinez (freddymartinez9)]

I can reproduce this on an up to date Feisty system

[Peter Hopfgartner (phopfgartner)]

This bug was corrected in the skencil SVN repository with revision 688 (https://wald.intevation.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/skencil/branches/skencil-0.6/Pax/paxmodule.c?rev=688&root=skencil&view=auto). I've compiled a currentt version of skencil-0.6 and it doas start on feisty.

[DavidValentine (davidwvalentine)]

On a freshly installed, up-to-date gutsy beta with Skencil installed from the repos:

$ skencil
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

See attached dbg.txt for more

[Sam Liddicott (sam-liddicott)]

Not that I think anyone will have trouble re-producing it, but I attach a backtrace/dump report

[Alfredo Pironti (alfredo.pironti)]

I can still confirm the bug on both i386 and amd64 platforms.

Please set priority to high/release blocking, since the bug is heavily affecting program usability, thanks.

[Sam Liddicott (sam-liddicott)]

alfredio wrote:
> I can still confirm the bug on both i386 and amd64 platforms.
>
> Please set priority to high/release blocking, since the bug is heavily
> affecting program usability, thanks.
>
Try using:

pstoedit -f:plot-svg thingie.ps output.svg

and then reading that in inkscape.

It does a pretty good job but gets shapes with holes wrong, but can
easily be fixed; select the hole (which is a solid shape behind the main
shape) then also select the main shape and do a subtract.

The selection is hard, but you select the main shape and cut, then you
can see the solid hole which you select, then UNDO will put back the cut
shape but leave selection on the hole.

HOME will bring the hole to thr frint, you then also-select the main
shape and do a shape subtract and you have a proper hole back.

Sam