Hi all,
I have found a problem with ImageMagick 6.0.4 running with
xorg-x11-bin-dlls 6.8.99.901-1 - and I've found a temporary fix.
Problem:
After a recent update to my Cygwin installation, which updated the X11
packages amongst many other things, the 'convert' program stopped
working. It simply exited silently with an error status. I discovered
with gdb that it was failing with an unknown exception but I could find
no more information. It turned out, thanks to running 'cygcheck
convert', that this was because of a missing DLL, specifically
/usr/X11R6/bin/cygdpstk-1.dll.
A bit more digging and I found that this DLL used to be part of package
xorg-x11-bin-dlls but has been removed with the latest release -
6.8.99.901-1. It existed in all versions (as far as I have been able to
find out) up to this one.
I also discovered that this DLL itself relies on another missing DLL:
/usr/X11R6/bin/cygdps-1.dll which I found in the same package.
Work-around:
I've fixed the problem for myself by grabbing these DLLs from the
previous version of this package (xorg-x11-bin-dlls-6.8.2.0) and
hand-installing them by copying them into the relevant directory.
Fortunately they are still compatible with the other DLLs they depend on.
Andy
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