Bug#1120577: libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0: Error loading XPM image loader: Image type “xpm” is not supported

[Nathan Teodosio]

Package: libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
Version: 2.44.4+dfsg-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: nteodosio at ubuntu.com

Dear Maintainer,

After the update from 2.44.3+dfsg-3 to 2.44.4+dfsg1, all the icons are gone from Claws-Mail,
which now spams this error when executed:

  (claws-mail:23535): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: 17:45:31.940: Error loading XPM image loader: Image type “xpm” is not supported
  stock_pixmap.c:832 Condition pix_d->pixbuf != NULL failed
  traceback:
  0:      claws-mail(stock_pixbuf_gdk+0x303) [0x56e453]
  1:      claws-mail(summary_init+0x8d) [0x57cb3d]
  2:      claws-mail(main_window_create+0x5338) [0x4d2178]
  3:      claws-mail(main+0x8aa) [0x4498ea]
  4:      /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x29ca8) [0x7fbe0eb89ca8]
  5:      /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x85) [0x7fbe0eb89d65]
  6:      claws-mail(_start+0x21) [0x44b7a1]

Claws-Mail was not updated.

These are the exact updates for gdk-pixbuf as per dpkg.log:

2025-11-12 00:12:04 upgrade libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev:amd64 2.44.3+dfsg-3 2.44.4+dfsg-1
2025-11-12 00:12:08 upgrade gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0:amd64 2.44.3+dfsg-3 2.44.4+dfsg-1
2025-11-12 00:12:09 upgrade libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin:amd64 2.44.3+dfsg-3 2.44.4+dfsg-1
2025-11-12 00:12:09 upgrade libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common:all 2.44.3+dfsg-3 2.44.4+dfsg-1
2025-11-12 00:12:09 upgrade libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0:amd64 2.44.3+dfsg-3 2.44.4+dfsg-1

Cheers,
Nathan

-- System Information:
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 6.16.10+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: OpenRC (via /run/openrc), PID 1: init
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 depends on:
ii  libc6                    2.41-12
iu  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common  2.44.4+dfsg-1
it  libglib2.0-0t64          2.86.1-2
ii  libjpeg62-turbo          1:2.1.5-4
ii  libpng16-16t64           1.6.50-1
ii  libtiff6                 4.7.1-1
it  shared-mime-info         2.4-5+b3

Versions of packages libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 recommends:
iu  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin  2.44.4+dfsg-1

libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 suggests no packages.

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