* bug#23217: xboing bugs
@ 2016-04-04 18:47 Jean Louis
2016-04-09 8:29 ` Alex Kost
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Jean Louis @ 2016-04-04 18:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 23217
I have encountered few bugs with xboing.
xboing -debug
XBoing - Debugging mode activated.
XBoing - Command line parsed.
XBoing - Display system checked.
XBoing - Colourmap created.
XBoing - Please wait , initialising xboing ...
XBoing - Sound system checked.
XBoing - Initialised colour names.
XBoing - Creating windows ....
XBoing - Creating windows finished.
XBoing - Setting WM properties.
XBoing - Changing window attributes.
XBoing - Created all windows.
XBoing - Error: Xlib Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Please read
`/gnu/store/k1wydpcdz5ci8c78w0xrz7hg3z09yg7j-xboing-2.4/docs/problems.doc'
document for help.
It does not run on my side. I am on foreign distribution (Debian).
But also the file problems.doc is not at the designated place, it is one
directory up.
Jean Louis
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* bug#23217: xboing bugs
2016-04-04 18:47 bug#23217: xboing bugs Jean Louis
@ 2016-04-09 8:29 ` Alex Kost
2016-04-14 5:19 ` John Darrington
2016-04-16 6:47 ` John Darrington
0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Alex Kost @ 2016-04-09 8:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jean Louis; +Cc: 23217, John Darrington
Jean Louis (2016-04-04 21:47 +0300) wrote:
> I have encountered few bugs with xboing.
>
> xboing -debug
> XBoing - Debugging mode activated.
> XBoing - Command line parsed.
> XBoing - Display system checked.
> XBoing - Colourmap created.
> XBoing - Please wait , initialising xboing ...
> XBoing - Sound system checked.
> XBoing - Initialised colour names.
> XBoing - Creating windows ....
> XBoing - Creating windows finished.
> XBoing - Setting WM properties.
> XBoing - Changing window attributes.
> XBoing - Created all windows.
> XBoing - Error: Xlib Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
>
> Please read
> `/gnu/store/k1wydpcdz5ci8c78w0xrz7hg3z09yg7j-xboing-2.4/docs/problems.doc'
> document for help.
>
> It does not run on my side. I am on foreign distribution (Debian).
Yes, I confirm that it fails.
xboing is an ancient software: the last release (2.4) dates back to
1995, so if no one is going to fix it, I think we should just remove it.
John, since you packaged xboing, are you willing to look at it?
--
Alex
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* bug#23217: xboing bugs
2016-04-09 8:29 ` Alex Kost
@ 2016-04-14 5:19 ` John Darrington
2016-04-16 6:47 ` John Darrington
1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: John Darrington @ 2016-04-14 5:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alex Kost; +Cc: 23217, Jean Louis
I'll see if I can fix this.
XBoing, although old, enjoys a cult hero status, and is regarded
as a staple of the X clients. "if Xboing doesn't work, what will"?
So it would be a shame if we had to drop it.
J'
On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 11:29:42AM +0300, Alex Kost wrote:
> Jean Louis (2016-04-04 21:47 +0300) wrote:
>
> > I have encountered few bugs with xboing.
> >
> > xboing -debug
> > XBoing - Debugging mode activated.
> > XBoing - Command line parsed.
> > XBoing - Display system checked.
> > XBoing - Colourmap created.
> > XBoing - Please wait , initialising xboing ...
> > XBoing - Sound system checked.
> > XBoing - Initialised colour names.
> > XBoing - Creating windows ....
> > XBoing - Creating windows finished.
> > XBoing - Setting WM properties.
> > XBoing - Changing window attributes.
> > XBoing - Created all windows.
> > XBoing - Error: Xlib Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
> >
> > Please read
> > `/gnu/store/k1wydpcdz5ci8c78w0xrz7hg3z09yg7j-xboing-2.4/docs/problems.doc'
> > document for help.
> >
> > It does not run on my side. I am on foreign distribution (Debian).
>
> Yes, I confirm that it fails.
>
> xboing is an ancient software: the last release (2.4) dates back to
> 1995, so if no one is going to fix it, I think we should just remove it.
>
> John, since you packaged xboing, are you willing to look at it?
>
> --
> Alex
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* bug#23217: xboing bugs
2016-04-09 8:29 ` Alex Kost
2016-04-14 5:19 ` John Darrington
@ 2016-04-16 6:47 ` John Darrington
2016-04-18 14:45 ` Ludovic Courtès
1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: John Darrington @ 2016-04-16 6:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alex Kost; +Cc: 23217, Jean Louis
You have to run it with the -usedefcmap option. Then it works
just fine.
J'
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* bug#23217: xboing bugs
2016-04-16 6:47 ` John Darrington
@ 2016-04-18 14:45 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-04-18 20:14 ` John Darrington
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-04-18 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Darrington; +Cc: Alex Kost, 23217, Jean Louis
John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
> You have to run it with the -usedefcmap option. Then it works
> just fine.
Can we improve on this or should we close the bug?
Ludo’.
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* bug#23217: xboing bugs
2016-04-18 14:45 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2016-04-18 20:14 ` John Darrington
2016-04-19 10:27 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: John Darrington @ 2016-04-18 20:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ludovic Court??s; +Cc: Alex Kost, 23217, Jean Louis
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 04:45:11PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
> John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
>
> > You have to run it with the -usedefcmap option. Then it works
> > just fine.
>
> Can we improve on this or should we close the bug?
>
I see that debian has some quite extensive patches to Xboing,
which seems to fix this issue and many others.
Should we purloin them?
J'
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* bug#23217: xboing bugs
2016-04-18 20:14 ` John Darrington
@ 2016-04-19 10:27 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-04-27 20:14 ` John Darrington
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-04-19 10:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Darrington; +Cc: Alex Kost, 23217, Jean Louis
John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 04:45:11PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
>> John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
>>
>> > You have to run it with the -usedefcmap option. Then it works
>> > just fine.
>>
>> Can we improve on this or should we close the bug?
>>
>
> I see that debian has some quite extensive patches to Xboing,
> which seems to fix this issue and many others.
>
> Should we purloin them?
I would suggest taking only those that fix serious bugs such as this
one. WDYT?
Ludo’.
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* bug#23217: xboing bugs
2016-04-19 10:27 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2016-04-27 20:14 ` John Darrington
2016-04-28 8:05 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: John Darrington @ 2016-04-27 20:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ludovic Court??s; +Cc: Alex Kost, 23217, Jean Louis
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:27:48PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
> John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
>
> > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 04:45:11PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
> >> John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
> >>
> >> > You have to run it with the -usedefcmap option. Then it works
> >> > just fine.
> >>
> >> Can we improve on this or should we close the bug?
> >>
> >
> > I see that debian has some quite extensive patches to Xboing,
> > which seems to fix this issue and many others.
> >
> > Should we purloin them?
>
> I would suggest taking only those that fix serious bugs such as this
> one. WDYT?
It depends on what you consider as serious. Some of them fix potential
buffer overflows. Debian considers that a serious bug.
>
> Ludo???.
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* bug#23217: xboing bugs
2016-04-27 20:14 ` John Darrington
@ 2016-04-28 8:05 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-04-28 8:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Darrington; +Cc: Alex Kost, 23217, Jean Louis
John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:27:48PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
>> John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
>>
>> > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 04:45:11PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
>> >> John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
>> >>
>> >> > You have to run it with the -usedefcmap option. Then it works
>> >> > just fine.
>> >>
>> >> Can we improve on this or should we close the bug?
>> >>
>> >
>> > I see that debian has some quite extensive patches to Xboing,
>> > which seems to fix this issue and many others.
>> >
>> > Should we purloin them?
>>
>> I would suggest taking only those that fix serious bugs such as this
>> one. WDYT?
>
> It depends on what you consider as serious. Some of them fix potential
> buffer overflows. Debian considers that a serious bug.
I would consider “serious” any fixes for security bugs and for bugs that
make it inconvenient or impossible to use the software, such as the
-usedefcmap issue above.
Ludo’.
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