most recent xfig-3.2.5b-2 broken.

[George Barrick <gbarrick at walsh dot edu>]

Subj: most recent xfig-3.2.5b-2 broken.

                              2012.02.25.19:18:18 UT

Hey cygwin-x folks,

      I just installed the xorg-server-1.11.4-5, and I
thought that some aspect of its configuration may have
broken the xfig program on my box.  This however was
untrue.  When I reverted to xorg-server-1.11.4-1, the
xfig crashed on startup as before, and I concluded
that it must be a difficulty only with xfig.

      I am running on a Dell Optiplex 380 with an Intel
Core2 E7500 2.93 GHz CPU, 4.0 GBt DRAM and an 150 GBt
Western Digital HD.  The OS is WinXp Pro. 32-bit, and
is fully up-to-date.  My CygWin installation is 1.7.10-1,
the xorg-server is 1.11.4-5, and everything in that
sub-system is up-to-date.

      The xfig is a minor part of the things I use,
but I do like to have it around.  It fails to start,
issuing the messages:

> gbarrick@TS207 ~/figs/sqaccel
> $ xfig sqposn.fig &
> [1] 2904
> 
> gbarrick@TS207 ~/figs/sqaccel
> $ /usr/bin/xfig.exe: error while loading shared libraries:
> ?: cannot open shared object file:
>  No such file or directory

I ran the cygcheck on the xfig package, but it claims
that none of the required resources or libraries are
missing.

> $ cygcheck xfig
> Found: D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
> Found: D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
> D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll
>     D:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
>       C:\WINDOWS\system32\KERNEL32.dll
>         C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygX11-6.dll
>     D:\cygwin\bin\cygxcb-1.dll
>       D:\cygwin\bin\cygXau-6.dll
>       D:\cygwin\bin\cygXdmcp-6.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygXaw3d-7.dll
>     D:\cygwin\bin\cygXext-6.dll
>     D:\cygwin\bin\cygXmu-6.dll
>       D:\cygwin\bin\cygXt-6.dll
>         D:\cygwin\bin\cygICE-6.dll
>         D:\cygwin\bin\cygSM-6.dll
>           D:\cygwin\bin\cyguuid-1.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygXi-6.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-4.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg-7.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygpng12.dll
>     D:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll

I had reason to suspect that it was the
xorg-server because new versions had recently
been installed.  When I reverted to the previous
xorg-server-1.11.4-1, everything was not O.K.
The xfig still has the problem.

     I next ran the experiment where I installed
up to the xorg-server-1.11.4-5, but reverted to
xfig-3.2.5b-1.  I set back the three xfig packages to:

xfig-3.2.5b-1
xfig-lib-3.2.5b-1
transfig-3.2.5c-1

Once this was done, the xfig functions again. Its
cygcheck now reads:

> gbarrick@TS207 ~/figs/sqaccel
> $ cygcheck xfig
> Found: D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
> Found: D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
> D:\cygwin\bin\xfig.exe
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cyggcc_s-1.dll
>     D:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
>       C:\WINDOWS\system32\KERNEL32.dll
>         C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygX11-6.dll
>     D:\cygwin\bin\cygxcb-1.dll
>       D:\cygwin\bin\cygXau-6.dll
>       D:\cygwin\bin\cygXdmcp-6.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygXaw3d-7.dll
>     D:\cygwin\bin\cygXext-6.dll
>     D:\cygwin\bin\cygXmu-6.dll
>       D:\cygwin\bin\cygXt-6.dll
>         D:\cygwin\bin\cygICE-6.dll
>         D:\cygwin\bin\cygSM-6.dll
>           D:\cygwin\bin\cyguuid-1.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygXi-6.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-4.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg-7.dll
>   D:\cygwin\bin\cygpng12.dll
>     D:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll

I see no difference in the cygcheck output, and
so I guess that my only criticism is that the
newer xfig-3.2.5b-2 fails to run, outputting the
complaint about a missing *.so file.  A visual
scan of my /var/log/xwin/Xwin.0.log did not reveal
anything unusual.

     I hope that this report contains enough detail
for the xorg developers to reproduce and find the
problem.  If anything more is required, just ask me.

George Barrick                 g_barrick_at_walsh_dot_edu



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