Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Yavor Doganov
tags 593898 + pending thanks [libk...@p.d.o BCCed -- relevant part at the end of the message.] Axel Beckert wrote: > > If not, then the -art backend package must surely depend on it. > > If yes, running with --GNU-Debug=ftfont might give some clues why > > this happens. > > As this just affects

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Yavor Doganov wrote: > ?? 15:01 +0200 27.08.2010 (), Axel Beckert : > > Running Cenon remotely via ssh with tunnelled X display results in the > > following messages on the console: > > > > $ Cenon > > 2010-08-27 14:25:21.002 Cenon[24964] QueryTree window is 90401287 (roo

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Yavor Doganov
Hi, Some more information: Axel Beckert wrote: > Button Critical Error in Cenon > NSInternalInconsistencyException: Abstract model loader >[Abort <-'] This is a geniuine bug in cenon.app, reproducible on i386 in sid (squeeze is OK). I filed a separate

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Yavor Doganov wrote: > Axel Beckert wrote: > > Button Critical Error in Cenon > > NSInternalInconsistencyException: Abstract model loader > >[Abort <-'] > > This is a geniuine bug in cenon.app, reproducible on i386 in sid > (squeeze is OK). I filed

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Yavor Doganov
В 15:01 +0200 на 27.08.2010 (пт), Axel Beckert написа: > Running Cenon remotely via ssh with tunnelled X display results in the > following messages on the console: > > $ Cenon > 2010-08-27 14:25:21.002 Cenon[24964] QueryTree window is 90401287 (root 837 > cwin root 837) > 2010-08-27 14:25:21.017

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Yavor Doganov wrote: > > > I'd be surprised if it builds, and even more surprised if it works. > > > > At least mknfonts works, too. > > Thanks, that's good news. I wonder why libkvm-dev was added as > build-dependency during the initial GNU/kFreeBSD support (#267889). That bug report numb

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Yavor Doganov
В 14:16 +0300 на 27.08.2010 (пт), Yavor Doganov написа: > 2. Run some non-trivial apps (cenon.app, gworkspace.app, > cynthiune.app) and see if you can spot some bugs (except the > usual ones, I mean :-)). I forgot to add: rebuilding any of them *must* not be necessary. The s

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Yavor Doganov
reassign 593898 src:gnustep-base 1.20.1-3 retitle 593898 Should be built without libkvm on GNU/kFreeBSD; +[NSProcessInfo load] aborts programs with many arguments if HAVE_KVM_ENV thanks В 12:39 +0200 на 27.08.2010 (пт), Axel Beckert написа: > > I'd be surprised if it builds, > > It does build. >

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Yavor Doganov wrote: > BTW, I noticed something curious while examining the build log on > kfreebsd-i386. All configure tests for /proc succeed, just like they do > on GNU/Linux. Is /proc guaranteed to be mounted? If so, it is perhaps > worth trying to build gnustep-base without libkvm. Co

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Axel Beckert
Yavor Doganov wrote: > ?? 10:33 +0200 27.08.2010 (), Mehdi Dogguy : > > Any news on this bug? > > I need Axel's help to proceed further. Axel, can we get things moving? Thanks for the reminder, although each aptitude call on kfreebsd was a reminder, too. I will see if I mana

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Yavor Doganov
В 10:33 +0200 на 27.08.2010 (пт), Mehdi Dogguy написа: > Any news on this bug? I need Axel's help to proceed further. Axel, can we get things moving? This is a blocker for the GNUstep transition. > BTW, as I see it, the bug is in mknfonts.tool. Am I wrong? No, it is not, and there's no way to b

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-27 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hello, Any news on this bug? BTW, as I see it, the bug is in mknfonts.tool. Am I wrong? In which case, this bug should be reassigned to mknfonts.tool, imo. Regards, -- Mehdi Dogguy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-24 Thread Yavor Doganov
В 00:41 +0200 на 24.08.2010 (вт), Axel Beckert написа: > > This happens because mknfonts processes one font file at a time, so > > DejaVuSans.nfont/FontInfo.plist ends up with one key instead of 9. > > So using xargs wouldn't help either. Hmmm. No :/ > Well, IMHO this is a bug in mknfonts or one

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-23 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Yavor, Yavor Doganov wrote: > > The obvious solution is to run `mknfonts' in a loop, passing it one > > font as argument at a time. > > Unfortunately this approach leads to the generation of incomplete > nfont bundles for fonts with multiple variants, and apps abort with > NSException if the f

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-23 Thread Yavor Doganov
tags 593898 - pending thanks Явор Доганов wrote: > The obvious solution is to run `mknfonts' in a loop, passing it one > font as argument at a time. Unfortunately this approach leads to the generation of incomplete nfont bundles for fonts with multiple variants, and apps abort with NSException if

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-22 Thread Yavor Doganov
reassign 593898 gnustep-back-common 0.18.0-2 retitle 593898 Arguments passed to mknfonts in postinst may exceed operating system limit tags 593898 + pending thanks Thanks for performing the test. Axel Beckert wrote: > Arguments given: 512 > Error: libkvm does not return arguments for the current

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-22 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Yavor Doganov wrote: > Can you compile (just `make', you need libgnustep-base-dev) and run > the attached test program this way: > > while true; do for d in `expr $((d + 1))`; do ./obj/test `seq $d`; done; done Modified it a little bit so that it stops when it fails: !539 Z32 ?0 L1 a...@me

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-22 Thread Yavor Doganov
reassign libgnustep-base1.20 1.20.1-2 retitle 593898 [kfreebsd] NSProcessInfo fails to obtain argument vectors affects 593898 gnustep-back-common thanks Thanks, it is clear where the error lies: > Error: libkvm does not return arguments for the current process > this may be due to a bug (undocume

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-22 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Yavor Doganov wrote: > > Upgrading gnustep-back-common fails (at least on kfreebsd-i386) in the > > postinst script. Adding a set -x to the script reveals mknfonts as > > cause: > > Thanks for the report. Could you please rebuild mknfonts.tool with > "noopt nostrip" and post the gdb backtrac

Bug#593898: gnustep-back-common: Fails to upgrade in postinst script

2010-08-21 Thread Yavor Doganov
Axel Beckert wrote: > Upgrading gnustep-back-common fails (at least on kfreebsd-i386) in the > postinst script. Adding a set -x to the script reveals mknfonts as > cause: Thanks for the report. Could you please rebuild mknfonts.tool with "noopt nostrip" and post the gdb backtrace from `mknfonts /