Re: Bug report - Crunchbang Linux - FontForge - Resolved

Thanks for the info.
(changed subject line for users searching for solutions)

On January 4, 2015 04:16:26 PM 乔大山 wrote:
> Thank you! You've all been of great help. I've managed to resolve my
> issue by doing the following steps:
> 
> 1. I've downloaded this source
> https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases/download/20141126/fontfo
> rge-2014-11-26-Unix-Source.tar.gz
> 
> 2. Unpacked the tar.gz
> 
> 3. I executed following commands in shell:
> ./bootstrap
> ./configure
> 
> {I executed ./configure multiple times while I was resolving dependency
> issues until it wasn't complaining anymore about missing libs and such.
> All missing libs I obtained from https://packages.debian.org through
> website's search.}
> 
> make
> make check
> make install
> 
> The application is installed properly now, and I'm able to use it.
> 
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Frank Trampe <[email protected]>
> 
> wrote:
> > I would strongly advise using the current version from the FontForge
> > package archive (
> > https://launchpad.net/~fontforge/+archive/ubuntu/fontforge
> > <https://launchpad.net/%7Efontforge/+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 <[email protected]> 
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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