179736 2007-05-25 11:40 0000 >freetype-2.2 needs >=fontconfig-2.4 2007-08-03 19:00:32 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Ebuilds unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 critical --- 1 armin76@gentoo.org fonts@gentoo.org 757driverwannabee@gmail.com foser@gentoo.org mueen@nawaz.org armin76@gentoo.org 2007-05-25 11:40:51 0000 According to bug 166029, >freetype-2.2 needs >=fontconfig-2.4. If you don't have >=fontconfig-2.4 everything related to fonts segfaulted. So, please, add that dep asap, because i rebuilt my chroot because everything graphically was segfaulting after installing a font. Because: /usr/portage/eclass/font.eclass: line 53: 26695 Illegal instruction HOME="/root" fc-cache -f "${D}${FONTDIR}" Thanks. jakub@gentoo.org 2007-05-25 14:18:20 0000 *** Bug 179648 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** mueen@nawaz.org 2007-05-31 17:08:59 0000 Has this not been rectified? dirtyepic@gentoo.org 2007-06-08 00:27:57 0000 hmm, doesn't everyone have 2.4 in stable already? armin76@gentoo.org 2007-06-08 09:30:48 0000 Yes, but suppose you only upgrade freetype...i don't think it hurts adding that dep, but that's up to you, it was a suggestion. dirtyepic@gentoo.org 2007-06-08 13:10:58 0000 oh, right, we're missing a DEPEND. i'll fix this up tonight. mueen@nawaz.org 2007-06-08 15:42:42 0000 Yes - just wanted to add that I'm not running fontconfig 2.4 and have masked it on my own machine. The reason is that if I upgrade to 2.4, Firefox crashes on certain pages (many of them, actually). I never could solve that, so I had to mask fontconfig. I'm sure I'm not the only one as I found that "solution" on the forums. So for people like us, upgrading freetype more or less kills the system. In any case, regardless of my own problems, it's a dep and should be marked as such. Especially because if something goes wrong, it's very hard for the person to figure out what's causing the problem. Everything just segfaults. dirtyepic@gentoo.org 2007-06-09 00:09:12 0000 Added to RDEPEND. (In reply to comment #6) > Yes - just wanted to add that I'm not running fontconfig 2.4 and have masked it > on my own machine. The reason is that if I upgrade to 2.4, Firefox crashes on > certain pages (many of them, actually). I never could solve that, so I had to > mask fontconfig. I'm sure I'm not the only one as I found that "solution" on > the forums. So for people like us, upgrading freetype more or less kills the > system. Is there a bug open for this? If not, could you file one? dirtyepic@gentoo.org 2007-06-09 19:03:51 0000 Unfixed. Calculating dependencies... done! [nomerge ] media-libs/freetype-2.3.4-r2 USE="X zlib -bindist -debug -doc" [ebuild N ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.4.2 USE="xml -doc" [ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-2.3.4-r2 USE="X zlib -bindist -debug -doc" !!! Error: circular dependencies: ('ebuild', '/', 'media-libs/freetype-2.3.4-r2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'media-libs/fontconfig-2.4.2', 'merge') (medium) ('ebuild', '/', 'media-libs/fontconfig-2.4.2', 'merge') depends on ('ebuild', '/', 'media-libs/freetype-2.3.4-r2', 'merge') (hard) !!! Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily !!! disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies. I need to look at this in more detail. 757driverwannabee@gmail.com 2007-06-09 20:54:11 0000 (In reply to comment #8) > Unfixed. > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [nomerge ] media-libs/freetype-2.3.4-r2 USE="X zlib -bindist -debug -doc" > [ebuild N ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.4.2 USE="xml -doc" > [ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-2.3.4-r2 USE="X zlib -bindist -debug > -doc" > !!! Error: circular dependencies: > > ('ebuild', '/', 'media-libs/freetype-2.3.4-r2', 'merge') depends on > ('ebuild', '/', 'media-libs/fontconfig-2.4.2', 'merge') (medium) > ('ebuild', '/', 'media-libs/fontconfig-2.4.2', 'merge') depends on > ('ebuild', '/', 'media-libs/freetype-2.3.4-r2', 'merge') (hard) > > !!! Note that circular dependencies can often be avoided by temporarily > !!! disabling USE flags that trigger optional dependencies. > > > I need to look at this in more detail. > Same circular dependencies problem here. freetype is in fontconfig's RDEPEND field, and fontconfig is in freetype's RDEPEND field, and portage's mind is blown. This issue is currently blocking me from setting up any windowing environments (bummer). A user on the forums has reported that he can install the packages successfully by tweaking use flags (?): http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-564311-highlight-freetype+fontconfig+circular+dependencies.html Thanks, dirtyepic@gentoo.org 2007-06-09 21:31:08 0000 i reverted the change. if you sync it should work properly. dirtyepic@gentoo.org 2007-06-10 20:08:32 0000 Fixed. (i hope) mueen@nawaz.org 2007-08-03 19:00:32 0000 (In reply to comment #7) > Added to RDEPEND. > > (In reply to comment #6) > > Yes - just wanted to add that I'm not running fontconfig 2.4 and have masked it > > on my own machine. The reason is that if I upgrade to 2.4, Firefox crashes on > > certain pages (many of them, actually). I never could solve that, so I had to > > mask fontconfig. I'm sure I'm not the only one as I found that "solution" on > > the forums. So for people like us, upgrading freetype more or less kills the > > system. > > Is there a bug open for this? If not, could you file one? > Sorry for the delay. See: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=187634