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| From | Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de> |
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist |
| Subject | Bug#939155: libgnustep-gui0.27: Uses GifQuantizeBuffer - binary stops working with newer giflib |
| Date | Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:30:02 +0100 |
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On 2025-11-18 Yavor Doganov <yavor@gnu.org> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 01, 2019 at 06:45:52PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: >> Source: libgnustep-gui0.27 >> Version: 0.27.0-5 >> Severity: important >> this package uses GifQuantizeBuffer() from giflib. The symbol has been >> dropped in giflib 5.2 (libgif-dev/libgif7 5.2.1 is available in >> experimental) and therefore the package >> a) stops working when the gif library package is upgraded and >> b) if built against libgif-dev >= 5.2 then GIF support is >> disabled/limited. > I simply forgot about this old bug. I don't think it's still relevant: > $ objdump -T /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgif.so.7.2.0 | grep GifQuantizeBuffer > 00000000000069d0 g DF .text 0000000000000707 Base GifQuantizeBuffer > Right? Good morning, Upstream giflib has dropped the symbol. The Debian packages have been patched to re-introduce it. So no, this bug is still relevant. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
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Bug#939155: libgnustep-gui0.27: Uses GifQuantizeBuffer - binary stops working with newer giflib Yavor Doganov <yavor@gnu.org> - 2025-11-18 05:20 +0100
Bug#939155: libgnustep-gui0.27: Uses GifQuantizeBuffer - binary stops working with newer giflib Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de> - 2025-11-19 07:30 +0100
Bug#939155: libgnustep-gui0.27: Uses GifQuantizeBuffer - binary stops working with newer giflib Yavor Doganov <yavor@gnu.org> - 2025-11-19 20:30 +0100
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