Bug#702780: GdkPixbuf:ERROR:gdk-pixbuf-animation.c:242:gdk_pixbuf_animation_new_from_file: assertion failed: (animation)

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

reassign 702517 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
forcemerge 702780 702517
tags 702780 pending
thanks

Hi,

On 03/11/2013 11:49 AM, Vincent Danjean wrote:
> Package: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
> Version: 2.27.2-1
> Severity: important
> Tags: upstream
>
>    Hi,
>
>    While trying to run wicd-gtk with libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 from experimental,
> I got a assertion fail. Running under gdb with -dbg packages, I got the
> backtrace copy-pasted at the end of this message.
>    I recompiled libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 with a patch that revert the upstream
> commit 9201fcfdcafd865bc10624c5c3a12192b5eeea9a "animation: Improve error
> handling".
>    This fixed the problem for me (ie wicd-gtk works perfectly again now).
>
>    I do not know if the real bug is this commit or an bad use of
> libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 by wicd.
>    Note that a similar symptome is described in 702517 that uses the same
> version of libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (according to the bug report). I did not checked
> if my workaround also work for this bug.

Thanks for the report. This is indeed a bug in gdk-pixbuf which has been fixed 
upstream, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695228

I'll upload a package with that fix in a moment.

Regards,
Emilio