#749545 birdfont: segmentation fault after "SearchPaths.vala:149: ucd not found"

Package:
birdfont
Source:
birdfont
Description:
font editor that lets you create outline vector graphics and export fonts
Submitter:
Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Date:
2014-07-16 15:36:06 UTC
Severity:
normal
#749545#5
Date:
2014-05-27 21:19:45 UTC
From:
To:
I just installed birdfont here and tried to run it with the following error:

0 dkg@tyr:~$ birdfont
birdfont version 0.37
built on Tue May 27 12:08:57 2014

** (birdfont:21950): WARNING **: SearchPaths.vala:149: ucd not found

** (birdfont:21950): WARNING **: CharDatabaseParser.vala:135: Error opening file: No such file or directory

** (birdfont:21950): WARNING **: SearchPaths.vala:149: ucd not found

** (birdfont:21950): WARNING **: CharDatabaseParser.vala:136: In /usr/share/unicode/ucd/NamesList.txt
Segmentation fault
139 dkg@tyr:~$

I went ahead and installed unicode-data while trying to track down the
problem, and after installing unicode-data, i get the following errors
instead:

0 dkg@tyr:~$ birdfont
birdfont version 0.37
built on Tue May 27 12:08:57 2014

** (birdfont:22048): WARNING **: Font.vala:741: unicode: U+; charset=utf-8


** (birdfont:22048): WARNING **: Font.vala:742: Expecting a number (;).
Segmentation fault
139 dkg@tyr:~$

Either way, it's a segfault.  This happens even if i remove
~/.birdfont to make it start with totally clean settings.

thanks for maintaining birdfont in debian,
#749545#8
Date:
2014-06-01 10:53:28 UTC
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To:
Hi,

 I've tried to reproduce it on my amd64/sid machine, but couldn't.
 Also on freshly installed amd64/jessie, too.

 Can anyone try to reproduce it with ppc machine? I have the one but
 it takes time to setup.

 And dkg, how about other valac app on your machine, works fine?
#749545#13
Date:
2014-06-02 17:05:34 UTC
From:
To:
I'm not sure what other valac app to try -- i used grep-dctrl to sort
out that the "swell-foop" game appears to build-depend on valac, and i
can confirm that it runs without crashing.

if you have a specific other valac app that you'd like me to try, please
let me know, i'm happy to experiment.
#749545#18
Date:
2014-07-16 13:22:52 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

 and X in that machine is broken... oh ;-)

 I don't have other app but uploaded newer birdfont 0.41 now.
 Could you try it, please?
#749545#23
Date:
2014-07-16 15:33:31 UTC
From:
To:
I don't have native X on my ppc machine either, but i'm using ssh
forwarding to bring X over to someplace i can look at pretty pictures :)

I don't see 0.41 in the archive, but i built it from your signed
debian/0.41-1 git tag at commit e116b60100a872f3329acf5be22f4737ab784c7d
-- thanks for publishing your work in git, it makes it nice and easy to
keep up-to-date :)

I built it and installed it on a powerpc sid system, and still get the
segfault (but without the error message):

0 dkg@tyr:~$ birdfont
birdfont version 0.41
built on Wed Jul 16 11:23:00 2014
Segmentation fault
139 dkg@tyr:~$

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings :(

Regards,