410066 is closed. The following is the explanation I got
quote,
This is allowed by the C standard; the signedness of char is
implementation-defined. Moreover, we cannot change it, since that
would break the ABI. So this is not a bug.
unquote,
Due to the reason explained, fcitx should be patched.
Bin Tian
Bin Tian wrote:
> I got the acknowledgement. The reference is bug#410066
>
> Bin Tian
>
> Bin Tian wrote:
>> I found the problem. gcc-4.1 under ppc behaves differently for the
>> default signedness of char. I have already reported this bug to
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] of debian, but I havn't got the reply of BTS at the
>> moment. So I can't give you the reference now.
>>
>> The following codes describe the problem clearly.
>>
>> ~$ cat a.c
>>
>> #include <stdio.h>
>> int main (void)
>> {
>> char ch [2] = { 127, 180 };
>> signed char sch [2] = { 127, 180 };
>> unsigned uch [2] = { 127, 180 };
>>
>> printf ("char: %d %d\n", ch[0], ch[1]);
>> printf ("signed char: %d %d\n", sch[0], sch[1]);
>> printf ("unsigned char: %d %d\n", uch[0], uch[1]);
>> };
>>
>> x86 or x64 platform, it outputs:
>> ~$ ./a.out
>> char: 127 -76
>> signed char: 127 -76
>> unsigned char: 127 180
>>
>> powerpc platform, it outputs:
>> ~$ ./a.out
>> char: 127 180
>> signed char: 127 -76
>> unsigned char: 127 180
>>
>> For a work around, I changed the definition/declaration of CalHZIndex
>> in src/tools.h and src/tools.c.
>> The modified version of CalHZIndex is int CalHZIndex (signed char
>> *strHZ);
>> Then fcitx works well as before.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your kindly support!
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Bin Tian
>>
>>
>> Guanghui Yu wrote:
>>> Thanks ;)
>>>
>>> On 2/7/07, Bin Tian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I will try to make a debug version tonight. I have no time to find
>>>> out the
>>>> reason in office.
>>>> Further information may be available tomorrow morning.
>>>>
>>>> Bin Tian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Guanghui Yu wrote:
>>>> Have no idea now. I don't have ibook for testing. :( I am checking the
>>>> difference between 3.1.1 and 3.4. Do you try other Wubi tables?
>>>>
>>>> On 2/7/07, Bin Tian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't work. I think changing int to size_t has no effect,
>>>> because my
>>>> notepad is not ppc64.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Guanghui Yu wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>> I make a patch, could you try again?
>>>>
>>>> On 2/7/07, Bin Tian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I saw improvements in the new version. But I can input only one
>>>> chinese
>>>> character.
>>>> fcitx will crash after the second character inputed. Backtrace is
>>>> attached
>>>> as fellow:
>>>>
>>>> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>>>> 0x1001a1f8 in TableCreatePhraseCode (strHZ=0x7f8d7260 "要要") at
>>>> table.c:1974
>>>> 1974 strNewPhraseCode[i1] =
>>>> recTemp->strCode[table[iTableIMIndex].rule[i].rule[i1].iIndex
>>>> - 1];
>>>> (gdb) p recTemp
>>>> $1 = (RECORD *) 0x100000b
>>>> (gdb) p *recTemp
>>>> Cannot access memory at address 0x100000b
>>>> (gdb)
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Bin Tian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Guanghui Yu wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>> I uploaded a new version to
>>>> http://people.debian.org/~ygh/temp/.
>>>> Could you help me try this version on your powerbook? You need build
>>>> it first. According to the upstream changelog, the input method table
>>>> issue has been fixed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/7/07, Bin Tian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I tried but it doesn't work.
>>>>
>>>> Backtrace of fcitx is attached as bellow. It may be helpful.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards
>>>> Bin Tian.
>>>>
>>>> ~$ gdb -p 4821
>>>> GNU gdb 6.4.90-debian
>>>> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>>> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
>>>> and you
>>>> are
>>>> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
>>>> conditions.
>>>> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
>>>> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for
>>>> details.
>>>> This GDB was configured as "powerpc-linux-gnu".
>>>> Attaching to process 4821
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/bin/fcitx...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXft.so.2...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXft.so.2
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1...
>>>> (no debugging symbols found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
>>>> Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libc.so.6
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6...
>>>> (no debugging symbols found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1...
>>>> (no debugging symbols found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXau.so.6...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXau.so.6
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6
>>>> Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libdl.so.2...
>>>> (no debugging symbols found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libdl.so.2
>>>> Reading symbols from /lib/ld.so.1...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /lib/ld.so.1
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/gconv/GB18030.so...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/gconv/GB18030.so
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1...
>>>> (no debugging symbols found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1
>>>> Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3...(no debugging symbols
>>>> found)...done.
>>>> Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3
>>>> (no debugging symbols found)
>>>> 0x0fd83318 in poll () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
>>>> (gdb) c
>>>> Continuing.
>>>>
>>>> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>>>> 0x1001cf10 in ?? ()
>>>> (gdb) bt
>>>> #0 0x1001cf10 in ?? ()
>>>> #1 0x1001cf0c in ?? ()
>>>> #2 0x1001d814 in ?? ()
>>>> #3 0x10005160 in ?? ()
>>>> #4 0x1001fdec in ?? ()
>>>> #5 0x1002bb08 in ?? ()
>>>> #6 0x1002c71c in ?? ()
>>>> #7 0x10025a80 in ?? ()
>>>> #8 0x0fe46858 in XFilterEvent () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
>>>> #9 0x10007a98 in ?? ()
>>>> #10 0x0fcca994 in __libc_init_first () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
>>>> #11 0x0fcca994 in __libc_init_first () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
>>>> #12 0x0fcca994 in __libc_init_first () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
>>>> Previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)
>>>> (gdb)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Guanghui Yu wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>> Did you use the wbx.mb? Could you try regenerate the wbx.mb on
>>>> powerbook using "mb2txt" and "txt2mb" commands?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/7/07, Bin Tian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> fcitx on debian amd64 is ok.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bin Tian wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I checked the bugs list of fcitx. The removal of ~/.fcitx directory
>>>> which
>>>> mentioned in bug #392740 doesn't work.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>> Bin Tian
>>>>
>>>> Bin Tian wrote:
>>>> Package: fcitx
>>>> Version: 1:3.4-1
>>>> Severity: grave
>>>> Justification: renders package unusable
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm using debian on my iBook-G4. fcitx is alwasy crashing when using
>>>> wubi input method even if I install a new debian box. The pinyin input
>>>> method is ok. When I switch to wubi input method, any keyboard stike
>>>> will casue fcitx crashed. The problem exists for more than 3
>>>> months, and
>>>> I have to downgrade fcitx to sarge version.
>>>>
>>>> If you needs more information, please let me know.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards
>>>> Bin Tian
>>>>
>>>> -- System Information:
>>>> Debian Release: 4.0
>>>> APT prefers testing
>>>> APT policy: (500, 'testing')
>>>> Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
>>>> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>>>> Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-powerpc
>>>> Locale: LANG=zh_CN, LC_CTYPE=zh_CN (charmap=GB2312)
>>>>
>>>> Versions of packages fcitx depends on:
>>>> ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
>>>> ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1 generic font configuration library
>>>> ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-5 X11 client-side library
>>>> ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing librar
>>>> ii libxpm4 1:3.5.5-2 X11 pixmap library
>>>>
>>>> Versions of packages fcitx recommends:
>>>> pn im-switch <none> (no description available)
>>>> pn ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp | ttf-arp <none> (no description available)
>>>>
>>>> -- no debconf information
>>>>
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