On 12/15/2018 04:12 PM, Ken Moffat via blfs-dev wrote:
Picking up on recent changes:
2. node.js-10.14.2 In #11440, Bruce listed the changes, including : | ### Notable Changes | | * deps: | * upgrade to c-ares v1.15.0 and then applied it although the book still uses 1.14.0. As I have noted on the -book list, c-ares v1.15.0 has been available on github since 23rd October, although the c-ares website has not yet been updated to show that (and they do not, apparently, use odd numbers for development). So, on the face of it some usage(s) of node.js will be broken.
node built OK for me, but I'll check this out. At a minimum it looks like I need to update currency for c-ares
3. poppler-0.72.0 It seems that every new poppler release continues to break its users.
I disagree with this. It seems that some users use private parts of poppler that are not a part of the official api. When these provate parts change, then their apps break.
I'll note that cups recently cleaned up their act and stopped using stuff from poppler not designed for public use.
I've had a private report that this breaks inkscape. I have no intention of building a new system at the moment to confirm that, nor of potentially trashing a working system by upgrading poppler (I'm already one browser down while I look at qtwebengine, but that one is in /opt and can be recovered if I fail to get anywhere), but upstream has already patched inkscape master, so the report seems likely. I'll attach their patch, to be applied on top of the existing upstream poppler fix, but no idea if it will apply cleanly or need to be backported.
I did find this patch: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/poppler-fixes-from-master.patch?h=packages/inkscape
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