Subj: most recent xfig-3.2.5b-2 broken.
2012.02.25.19:18:18 UT
Hey cygwin-x folks,
I just installed the xorg-server-1.11.4-5, and I
thought that some aspect of its configuration may have
broken the xfig program on my box. This however was
untrue. When I reverted to xorg-server-1.11.4-1, the
xfig crashed on startup as before, and I concluded
that it must be a difficulty only with xfig.
I am running on a Dell Optiplex 380 with an Intel
Core2 E7500 2.93 GHz CPU, 4.0 GBt DRAM and an 150 GBt
Western Digital HD. The OS is WinXp Pro. 32-bit, and
is fully up-to-date. My CygWin installation is 1.7.10-1,
the xorg-server is 1.11.4-5, and everything in that
sub-system is up-to-date.
The xfig is a minor part of the things I use,
but I do like to have it around. It fails to start,
issuing the messages:
> gbarrick@TS207 ~/figs/sqaccel
> $ xfig sqposn.fig &
> [1] 2904
>
> gbarrick@TS207 ~/figs/sqaccel
> $ /usr/bin/xfig.exe: error while loading shared libraries:
> ?: cannot open shared object file:
> No such file or directory
I ran the cygcheck on the xfig package, but it claims
that none of the required resources or libraries are
missing.
> $ cygcheck xfig
> Found: D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
> Found: D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
> D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
> D:\cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\KERNEL32.dll
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygX11-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygxcb-1.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXau-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXdmcp-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXaw3d-7.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXext-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXmu-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXt-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygICE-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygSM-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cyguuid-1.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXi-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-4.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg-7.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygpng12.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll
I had reason to suspect that it was the
xorg-server because new versions had recently
been installed. When I reverted to the previous
xorg-server-1.11.4-1, everything was not O.K.
The xfig still has the problem.
I next ran the experiment where I installed
up to the xorg-server-1.11.4-5, but reverted to
xfig-3.2.5b-1. I set back the three xfig packages to:
xfig-3.2.5b-1
xfig-lib-3.2.5b-1
transfig-3.2.5c-1
Once this was done, the xfig functions again. Its
cygcheck now reads:
> gbarrick@TS207 ~/figs/sqaccel
> $ cygcheck xfig
> Found: D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
> Found: D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
> D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
> D:\cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\KERNEL32.dll
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygX11-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygxcb-1.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXau-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXdmcp-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXaw3d-7.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXext-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXmu-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXt-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygICE-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygSM-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cyguuid-1.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXi-6.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-4.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg-7.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygpng12.dll
> D:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll
I see no difference in the cygcheck output, and
so I guess that my only criticism is that the
newer xfig-3.2.5b-2 fails to run, outputting the
complaint about a missing *.so file. A visual
scan of my /var/log/xwin/Xwin.0.log did not reveal
anything unusual.
I hope that this report contains enough detail
for the xorg developers to reproduce and find the
problem. If anything more is required, just ask me.
George Barrick g_barrick_at_walsh_dot_edu
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