Re: [fontforge-devel] Bug report

[Frank T. <fra...@gm...>]

I would strongly advise using the current version from the FontForge
package archive ( https://launchpad.net/~fontforge/+archive/ubuntu/fontforge
). It may indeed be a lot more difficult to build FontForge now than it was
a year ago (mostly not by my hand), but the package archive eliminates most
of those difficulties for end users. FontForge is a much more stable,
capable product now than it was then, and I think that it is worthwhile to
use the latest version.


On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Jose Da Silva <di...@jo...> wrote:

> Most/all bug reports for version 20120731 and older are going to more than
> likely get ignored since there is more than 1700 updates and patches
> between 20120731-b an the current version 20141231. If anyone is patching
> those versions, it will be the distros themselves so that they can compile,
> but as for the relevant problems withing fontforge itself, there is far too
> much changed between that version and the current version.
>
> https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases
>
> ensure you have removed older copies of 20120731 before moving to these
> released versions since the 2.0 have some libraries that are not compatible
> with the older 20120731 versions.
>
> For debian squeeze 6.0 and crunchbag linux (using debian squeeze), I think
> you can probably look at using FontForge 20140101 with the least amount of
> possible issues building a copy, but there may be users that are running
> the latest version (I am not running Debian, therefore please ask first).
>
>
>
>
> On January 4, 2015 05:03:05 AM 乔大山 wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I'm experiencing difficulty with my version of FontForge (20120731).
> > I'm using Crunchbang Linux (based on Debian).
> >
> > Distributor ID:    Debian
> > Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.10 (squeeze)
> > Release:    6.0.10
> > Codename:    squeeze
> >
> > Linux version 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-686-pae (gcc version 4.4.5 (Debian 4.4.5-8)
> > )
> >
> > All options in the program work except when I try to open a new outline
> > window the entire system completely freezes
> > and I'm unable to use my computer until I do a system reboot.
> > I tried installing FontForge from regular software repositories and also
> > tried compiling from sources
> > that I downloaded from sourceforge, but the problem persists.
> > I tried running it with gdb hoping that it wouldn't completely freeze
> > the system, but it still freezes it.
> >
> > I'd be grateful if anyone could provide me with any help in fixing this
> > issue.
> > I tried google-ing the problem, but was unable to find any solution.
> > I have a feeling that my situation might be unique.
> >
> > So, again .. when I try to open "New outline window", the application
> > freezes the entire system (as in I have to reboot in order to be able to
> > use my computer again)
> >
> > If you require more information on anything, please instruct me on how
> > to do it and I'll reply back with
> > all the necessary info needed to fix this issue.
> >
> > Thank you all in advance.
>
>
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