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pkg/29837: pkgsrc/fontconfig (and ethereal and firefox) core dumps on TrueT: msg#01424

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Subject: pkg/29837: pkgsrc/fontconfig (and ethereal and firefox) core dumps on TrueType fonts

>Number: 29837
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: pkgsrc/fontconfig (and ethereal and firefox) core dumps on
>TrueType fonts
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: pkg-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 30 16:01:00 +0000 2005
>Originator: Rob Quinn
>Release: pkgsrc-current, Solaris2.8
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
fontconfig (and packages that use it, like ethereal and firefox) crash on the
openwin TrueType directory. This probably isn't a pkgsrc bug, but a good work
around is needed since this makes the latest firefox (with security fixes)
unusable on my Solaris machines.

>How-To-Repeat:
#fc-cache -v
fc-cache: "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts": skipping, 0 fonts, 8 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi": skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi": skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/PEX": skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo": skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/Type1": skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic": skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/local": skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/misc": skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF": skipping, no such directory
fc-cache: "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/Type1": skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 13 dirs
fc-cache: "/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType": Bus error (core dumped)

#ethereal
Bus error (core dumped)

>Fix:
(re)move /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/ directory.




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