Debian Bug report logs - #571044
fribidi: new version causes regressions in Debian Installer

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>

To: Debian BTS Submit <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: fribidi: new version causes regressions in Debian Installer

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:11:59 +0100

Package: fribidi
Version: 0.19.2-1
Severity: serious
Tags: d-i

We're seeing regressions in the newt frontend with the new version of the 
fribidi udeb, as these screenshots show:
http://people.debian.org/~fjp/tmp/d-i/daily-borked2.png
http://people.debian.org/~fjp/tmp/d-i/daily-borked3.png

Note the line with the window title and the Go Back button.

If I build a D-I image using the fribidi version from testing, the problems 
disappear.

Message #12 received at 571044@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: micah <micah@riseup.net>

To: 571044@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Seeing this with debconf prompts

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:03:04 -0500

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I'm also seeing a similar problem, but outside of D-I, just with normal
package upgrades:

http://micah.riseup.net/shots/shot-2010.02.23-11.49.38.png

As you will notice, the cancel button is quite amazing.

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Message #17 received at 571044@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org>

To: micah <micah@riseup.net>, 571044@bugs.debian.org, Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>

Subject: Re: [Debian-hebrew-package] Bug#571044: Seeing this with debconf prompts

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:51:27 +0200

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:03:04PM -0500, micah wrote:
> http://micah.riseup.net/shots/shot-2010.02.23-11.49.38.png
---end quoted text---

That's debconf right ?

Both debconf & D-I use newt, am I right about this ?

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Message #22 received at 571044@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>

To: أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org>

Cc: micah <micah@riseup.net>, 571044@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Debian-hebrew-package] Bug#571044: Seeing this with debconf prompts

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:06:14 +0100

On Tuesday 23 February 2010, أحمد المحمودي wrote:
> That's debconf right ?
>
> Both debconf & D-I use newt, am I right about this ?

Yes, that's correct. You should probably also be able to reproduce the 
issue using whiptail.

Note that D-I uses cdebconf (C implementation) and not debconf (perl 
implementation). That could possibly make a difference, although I doubt 
it.

Message #27 received at 571044@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>

To: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>

Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org, 571044@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: FYI: daily images borked; cause not yet known

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:28:32 +0000

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 02:30:11PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 February 2010, Frans Pop wrote:
> > Hmmm. If I compare the MANIFEST.udebs from testing and my build the only
> > thing that jumps out is:
> > -       libfribidi0-udeb 0.10.9-1+b1 amd64
> > +       libfribidi0-udeb 0.19.2-1 amd64
> 
> Confirmed and bug filed (#571044).

It's possible (and arguably sane, on the basis of defence in depth at
least) to work around this in newt.  See:

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570581

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]

Message #32 received at 571044@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org>

To: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>, Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>, debian-boot@lists.debian.org, 571044@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Debian-hebrew-package] Bug#571044: FYI: daily images borked; cause not yet known

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:53:30 +0200

Hello,

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:28:32AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> It's possible (and arguably sane, on the basis of defence in depth at
> least) to work around this in newt.  See:
> 
>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570581
---end quoted text---

I tried Ubuntu's patch right now, and the issue got fixed indeed.

So, after reading #570581, is this actually a fribidi or a newt bug ?

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Message #37 received at 571044@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>

To: أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org>

Cc: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>, debian-boot@lists.debian.org, 571044@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Debian-hebrew-package] Bug#571044: FYI: daily images borked; cause not yet known

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:03:44 +0100

On Wednesday 24 February 2010, أحمد المحمودي wrote:
> So, after reading #570581, is this actually a fribidi or a newt bug ?

It can probably be argued that it's both :-)

In newt for not initializing and in fribidi for not terminating.

Message #42 received at 571044@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>

To: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>

Cc: أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org>, debian-boot@lists.debian.org, 571044@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Debian-hebrew-package] Bug#571044: FYI: daily images borked; cause not yet known

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:00:48 +0000

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 02:03:44PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 February 2010, أحمد المحمودي wrote:
> > So, after reading #570581, is this actually a fribidi or a newt bug ?
> 
> It can probably be argued that it's both :-)
> 
> In newt for not initializing and in fribidi for not terminating.

Yes, I think that's my feeling.  Fixing either renders the other one no
longer release-critical, I think.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]

Message #47 received at 571044@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@users.sourceforge.net>

To: 571044@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Bug 26711] Version 0.19.2 causes regressions in Debian Installer

Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:54:51 +0200

Upstream of fribidi does not consider this as a bug in fribidi:

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:34:41PM -0800, bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org wrote:
> > Now, the question is: is this a bug that fribidi_log2vis does not add a NULL
> > terminating character at the end of visual_str, or is that meant to be ?
> 
> That's by design.  All FriBidi API works with explicit length arguments.  We
> never rely on or ensure nul-termination.
---end quoted text---

So should I tag the bug against fribidi package as wontfix & close it ?

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Message #60 received at 571044-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org>

To: 571044-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Fixed in newt 0.52.10-6

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:32:51 +0200

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Message #65 received at 571044@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at>

To: أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org>

Cc: 571044@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Fixed in newt 0.52.10-6

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:21:11 +0100

fixed 571044 0.52.10-6
thanks

* أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org> [2010-03-05 09:32:51 CET]:
> 

 Erm, could you kindly put the version in the according Version: pseudo
header next time you -done mail bugs? Would be great.

 Thanks!
Rhonda

Message #72 received at 571044@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org>

To: Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at>

Cc: 571044@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Fixed in newt 0.52.10-6

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:48:20 +0200

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 08:21:11PM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> fixed 571044 0.52.10-6
> thanks
> 
> * أحمد المحمودي <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org> [2010-03-05 09:32:51 CET]:
> > 
> 
>  Erm, could you kindly put the version in the according Version: pseudo
> header next time you -done mail bugs? Would be great.
---end quoted text---

Didn't know that I can use pseudo headers in -done email. Thanks for the 
tip.

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