xboing bugs

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  • Alex Kost
  • Jean Louis
  • John Darrington
  • Ludovic Courtès
  • Ricardo Wurmus
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Jean Louis
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Jean Louis wrote 9 years ago
(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
20160404184735.GC3934@protected.rcdrun.com
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
Alex Kost wrote 9 years ago
(name . Jean Louis)(address . guix@rcdrun.com)(address . 23217@debbugs.gnu.org)(name . John Darrington)(address . jmd@gnu.org)
871t6ftcax.fsf@gmail.com
Jean Louis (2016-04-04 21:47 +0300) wrote:

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> 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
John Darrington wrote 9 years ago
(name . Alex Kost)(address . alezost@gmail.com)(address . 23217@debbugs.gnu.org)(name . Jean Louis)(address . guix@rcdrun.com)
20160414051945.GA25170@gnu.org
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:
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> 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
John Darrington wrote 9 years ago
(name . Alex Kost)(address . alezost@gmail.com)(address . 23217@debbugs.gnu.org)(name . Jean Louis)(address . guix@rcdrun.com)
20160416064753.GA25965@gnu.org
You have to run it with the -usedefcmap option. Then it works
just fine.

J'
Ludovic Courtès wrote 9 years ago
(name . John Darrington)(address . jmd@gnu.org)(name . Alex Kost)(address . alezost@gmail.com)(address . 23217@debbugs.gnu.org)(name . Jean Louis)(address . guix@rcdrun.com)
87r3e33rig.fsf@gnu.org
John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:

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> 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’.
John Darrington wrote 9 years ago
(name . Ludovic Court??s)(address . ludo@gnu.org)(name . Alex Kost)(address . alezost@gmail.com)(address . 23217@debbugs.gnu.org)(name . Jean Louis)(address . guix@rcdrun.com)
20160418201404.GA17099@gnu.org
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 04:45:11PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
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> 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'
Ludovic Courtès wrote 9 years ago
(name . John Darrington)(address . jmd@gnu.org)(name . Alex Kost)(address . alezost@gmail.com)(address . 23217@debbugs.gnu.org)(name . Jean Louis)(address . guix@rcdrun.com)
87twix7v17.fsf@gnu.org
John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:

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> 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’.
John Darrington wrote 9 years ago
(name . Ludovic Court??s)(address . ludo@gnu.org)(name . Alex Kost)(address . alezost@gmail.com)(address . 23217@debbugs.gnu.org)(name . Jean Louis)(address . guix@rcdrun.com)
20160427201403.GB30439@gnu.org
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:27:48PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
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> 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.

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>
> Ludo???.
Ludovic Courtès wrote 9 years ago
(name . John Darrington)(address . jmd@gnu.org)(name . Alex Kost)(address . alezost@gmail.com)(address . 23217@debbugs.gnu.org)(name . Jean Louis)(address . guix@rcdrun.com)
87d1pama4m.fsf@gnu.org
John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:

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> 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’.
Ludovic Courtès wrote 9 years ago
control message for bug #23217
(address . control@debbugs.gnu.org)
87twh9yqmu.fsf@gnu.org
severity 23217 minor
Ricardo Wurmus wrote 6 years ago
xboing bugs
(address . 23217-done@debbugs.gnu.org)(address . 34208-done@debbugs.gnu.org)
87r2csn8iy.fsf@elephly.net
xboing has now been removed with commit 740a33555.
Closing.

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Ricardo
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