Turns out that the bug is partially topstream and partially in the Debian packaging. See http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/dvipng/2013-06/threads.html especially http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/dvipng/2013-06/msg00004.html.
The program as it stands depends on latex-xcolor, however the author intends to later on make it only a recommends and not a dependency. Until such time, it should be added as depends. I have hence changed the bug title and linked to the upstream Debian bug I reported. Thanks. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #712570 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=712570 ** Also affects: dvipng (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=712570 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Summary changed: - dvipng crashes even for simple input + dvipng should depend on latex-xcolor -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to dvipng in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1191673 Title: dvipng should depend on latex-xcolor Status in “dvipng” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “dvipng” package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: I'm running Kubuntu Raring, with versions as below: texlive-base: 2012.20120611-5 dvipng: 1.14-1build1 I have this simple document foo.tex: \documentclass[16pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} \usepackage{breqn} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} $ \infty $ \end{document} I do latex foo.tex and I get the .dvi files with no problems. Then I do: dvipng -T tight -D 150 -bg Transparent -fg Blue -O 0cm,0cm foo.png foo.dvi I get this: This is dvipng 1.14 Copyright 2002-2010 Jan-Ake Larsson Segmentation fault (core dumped) gdb says there are no debugging symbols so I couldn't try that. Due to this dvipng problem I am not able to use SymPyPrt (https://github.com/scios/IPyXt) on IPython2/3: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sympy/WzwS3578TuU/sZAYDcFQ8cIJ I did not have a problem with using SymPyPrt on Kubuntu Precise of last year, and I thought dvipng has practically not changed in Raring since Precise: http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=dvipng&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all except for a new build. The changelog http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/d/dvipng/dvipng_1.14-1build1/changelog says the new build is for some kpathsea transition. The upstream author reports that this works in Linux Mint and thinks it could be some kpathsea problem: http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/dvipng/2013-06/msg00001.html. Surely in Kubuntu Precise there was no problem. I'm not sure about Quantal since I never used it (directly came Precise->Raring). However I would imagine the same problem exists there because the dvipng version is the same. Please fix this, thank you! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dvipng/+bug/1191673/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
