Re: X 3.3-6
On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, joost witteveen wrote: > > > > The problems are easy to summarize: > > - xlib6 version 3.3-6 has a bug in it that causes a lot of programs not to > > find files under /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ . xlib6 version 3.3-5 doesn't have > > this bug. > > - the rest of the packages don't seem to have any bugs that break other > > things (of course they do have bugs). > > Not completely true. fvwm2 (at least) has a "-rpath" bug, that makes > it always search it's X libraries in /usr/X11R6/lib/. This causes > it to segfault when you install xlibc6 3.3-5 or higher. Oops. Very true indeed. There is a script, however, which can patch any binary that has this bug. --- cut here --- #!/usr/bin/perl -w # Open file open IN, "$ARGV[0]" or die "can't find $ARGV[0]: $!"; # Read it in one slurp select IN; undef $/; select STDOUT; $file=; close IN; # Remove this string $count=$file=~s!/usr/X11R6/lib\0!\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0!g; print "Replaced: $count occurences in $ARGV[0]\n"; # Write the file open OUT, ">$ARGV[0].out" or die "can't write $ARGV[0].out: $!"; print OUT $file; close OUT; --- cut here --- This produces a copy of every file with '.out' appended to the file name. The script should say it has replaced 1 occurence for each file that has this bug. You can `mv' the .out files to the original names [1], `chmod +x' them and you're ready to go. Note that in the case of fvwm(2|95), you also have to patch all the modules that are in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm(2|95). I am not sure about the exact directory names (I have only fvwm2), but you get the idea. Remco [1] I mostly use quite long command lines to do this for all files at once, for example in the fvwm-modules directory: # for i in Fvwm* ; do xlibsbug $i ; mv $i $i.bug ; mv $i.out $i ; chmod -x $i.bug ; chmod +x $i ; done Of course you can also just `rm' the .bug files but I like to play it safe first. -- "Very funny, Scotty. Now beam up my clothes." -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: X 3.3-6
> > The problems are easy to summarize: > - xlib6 version 3.3-6 has a bug in it that causes a lot of programs not to > find files under /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ . xlib6 version 3.3-5 doesn't have > this bug. > - the rest of the packages don't seem to have any bugs that break other > things (of course they do have bugs). Not completely true. fvwm2 (at least) has a "-rpath" bug, that makes it always search it's X libraries in /usr/X11R6/lib/. This causes it to segfault when you install xlibc6 3.3-5 or higher. -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] #!/usr/bin/perl -sp0777ihttp://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: X 3.3-6
On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, G. Kapetanios wrote: > > Hi, > > > I am considering moving from X 3.3-3 which I currently have to X 3.3-6 . > However in the last few weeks a number of messages point that there are a > number of problems with this upgrade associated also with xlib6g. Can > somebody briefly summarise what > these are and how to upgrade safely ? The problems are easy to summarize: - xlib6 version 3.3-6 has a bug in it that causes a lot of programs not to find files under /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ . xlib6 version 3.3-5 doesn't have this bug. - the rest of the packages don't seem to have any bugs that break other things (of course they do have bugs). So, upgrade everything to the latest version execpt xlib6. Upgrade this to version 3.3-5. The best order in this is: - find xlib6_3.3-5.deb and download it. You can try my own ftp server at cal011205.student.utwente.nl. - use 'dpkg -i xlib6_3.3-5.deb' (as root) to install it. - in dselect, put xlib6 on hold: find the package and press `='. - now, point dselect at the `unstable' tree and use it to upgrade everything you want to upgrade. xlib6 will not be touched because you have put it on hold. Remco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
X 3.3-6
Hi, I am considering moving from X 3.3-3 which I currently have to X 3.3-6 . However in the last few weeks a number of messages point that there are a number of problems with this upgrade associated also with xlib6g. Can somebody briefly summarise what these are and how to upgrade safely ? Thanks very much George --- George Kapetanios Churchill College Cambridge, CB3 0DSE-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] U.K. WWW: http://garfield.chu.cam.ac.uk/~gk205/work_info.html --- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
