On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 15:08:47 +0200, Guy.Bormann wrote: > !!Sorry, template message ahead!! > ------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, > > There is a potentially serious problem with (lib)imlib for versions up > to and including 1.9.13 that crept in probably around 1.9.9 or 1.9.10 > (haven't checked but it was probably first introduced between image > loader module support and the disabling of helper image loader > processes). I am not familiar with the maintenance organisation of imlib > so this message is posted to the major Linux bleeding-edge distros (I > checked RedHat RawHide1.0 imlib-1.9.13-3.7 source). I couldn´t query the > Bugs DB, so I apologize if it is already known (it is, it is fixed in > 1.9.14, and probably all SuSe releases). > I include a simple fix, not a patch since version 1.9.14 (ximian > release) has a complete cleanup of the helper process support and > recognized the problem. (It is a silent fix (i.e. no ChangeLog entry) > since it exposes big mouthing by the author/maintainer about "this is > 2002"... ;-) (Bugzilla hates me, not able to check bug#'s.)
I'm currently building imlib 1.9.14.. Thanks for screaming, I didn't saw the imlib 1.9.14 release :(( -- Frédéric Crozat MandrakeSoft
