The cairo upstream bug for this: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359243 claims it was fixed in cairo 1.2+ series which was a long time ago.
Attilio: can you check since you knew of the workaround? Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]