Mason wrote: > David Timms wrote: > >> Mason wrote: >> >>> What can I do to make it happen? >> >> Help the maintainer, by testing the proposed fix yourself with an rpmbuild: >> >> 1. yum downloader --source name-of-package(or parent package) >> 2. extract the rpm >> 3. test your rpmbuild capability works with the existing packages as is >> 4. open up the .spec >> 5. bump the release part >> 6. add a comment describing the action you are taking >> 7. add a patch from elsewhere to the patch file definition >> 8. add the apply patch command to the %prep section >> 9. rpmbuild -ba the-package >> 10. install the built package >> 11. test the application >> 12. when you are sure that the fix works and doesn't introduce other >> issues, make a diff of the spec ot the original >> 13. post the spec patch and the actual patch to the bug. indicate that >> this has successfully built and been running, perhaps with some stats >> eg: a couple of runs of before and after: >> - time applicationname >> >> Much more on package development on the fedoraproject wiki, just ask if >> you are having trouble... > > For the record, SUSE quickly fixed the problem, using the > --disable-system-cairo solution. > > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=622375#c13 > > The SUSE package maintainer wrote in comment 9: >> Thanks for checking this out. There is/was another issue which would turn up >> when we use the internal cairo. >> This is basically sorted out and I'll drive switching to internal cairo asap >> (either 11.4 or even for security updates given this bugreport). > > Is anyone aware of any potential issue when using Mozilla's private > libcairo on Fedora 13? > No, I gave up and pulled the 2.0.8 build off the mozilla.org site and installed it in /usr/local/seamonkey-2.0.8, and then added a custom launcher for it. Life is too short to waste time on unmaintained packages. Hopefully there will be a better package for RHEL-6.0 and packages for form-fill and lightning which are pretty desirable for business or home office use. At one point any lib which Fedora provided was more solid than what came with, but that's not the case any more, lots of down ref and no maintainer interest. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
