Bug#874901: [GLE-devel] Probable fix for qgle seg faults with latest ghostscript versions

Moritz Mühlenhoff jmm at inutil.org
Fri Oct 11 22:12:31 BST 2019


On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 07:54:04PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > Right now I see three possible "fixes" for the libgs problem:
> [...]
> > - fix the code, link to libgs during the build, as is done with all the
> >   other libraries qgle depends on. I do not understand why libgs is treated
> >   differently, there may be a reason, I just don't know. I think Laurence is
> >   working on that, but maybe somebody else working on gle can comment.
> 
> I think this is probably the best strategy, but, as I said, let's hear
> what upstream developers have to say on this.
> 
> In the meanwhile, I would like to suggest once more that you upload the
> fixes for the serious bug (Qt5 porting) and for the other bug (qgle
> segfault)!

Agreed, it would be good if we could move forward with the Qt5 change,
we've closing in on the Qt4 removal and this is one of the ~ three dozen
packages left.

Cheers,
        Moritz



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