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List:       crux
Subject:    Re: Latest cairo breaks firefox
From:       Predrag Ivanovic <predivan () open ! telekom ! rs>
Date:       2012-10-08 21:52:03
Message-ID: 20121008235203.31c7da89 () deus ! skynet ! net
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On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:45:01 +0200
Fredrik Rinnestam wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 08:11:29PM +0200, Predrag Ivanovic wrote:
> > On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:53:08 +0200 (CEST)
> > Tom Rindborg wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > The latest upto to cairo (1.12.4) makes my firefox segfault when 
> > > opening/playing around in the preferences dialog. I first suspected the 
> > > removal of tee to be the culprit, but putting it back didn't help; neither 
> > > did recompiling firefox.
> > > 
> > > Anyone else?
> > 
> > Afaik, firefox does not use system cairo since 12.0.
> > Check mozconfig, you'll see #ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo 
> > there.Also, check out 
> > 
> > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739096
> > http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2566139
> > 
> 
> True, but other libraries used by firefox still depend on it.
> 

indirect breakage, then :)
FF is a mess, but I like it, and I am sure they will fix it by version, oh i don't \
know, 35? So, next year :)
Now, if only they could make Android version little saner (i.e not needing dual/quad \
core phone to run smoothly...) Opera runs just fine (both Mini and Mobile).

Pedja
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