Package: fontforge Version: 0.0.20060703.1-0bpo1 Severity: serious To reproduce this, just log into a pbuilder chroot and make sure that the environment information about your username is preserved:
$ pbuilder login --configfile /etc/pbuilderrc.sid ... # apt-get -y install fontforge >/dev/null Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/x11-common ... /etc/rcS.d/S70x11-common -> ../init.d/x11-common # fontforge Copyright (c) 2000-2006 by George Williams. Executable based on sources from 08:15 22-Aug-2006. Segmentation fault # echo $HOME /home/frank # mkdir $HOME # fontforge -version Copyright (c) 2000-2006 by George Williams. Executable based on sources from 08:15 22-Aug-2006. fontforge 20060822 # The same probably happens when the directory exists, but is not writable. We've been bitten by similar problems when building teTeX related packages in certain environments (not mine, therefore I can't be more specific). I've asked on -devel back then, and the consensus was that a program must not rely on $HOME being existent or writable. Regards, Frank -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (99, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages fontforge depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6~bpo.4 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6~bpo.4 X Window System Session Management ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6~bpo.4 X Window System protocol client li ii libxi6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6~bpo.4 X Window System Input extension li ii xlibs 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6~bpo.4 X Window System client libraries m -- no debconf information -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
