[Debian-hebrew-common] Fwd: [SLUG] Abiword craashes with libfribidi0 probs ...

[Baruch Even]

* Amos Shapira <amos.shapira at gmail.com> [070823 14:05]:
> Adam - have you tried to upgrade libfribidi to come from the same version as
> Abiword?
> 

This issue of an undefined symbol is caused by a mismatch between
abiword and libfribidi, this might happens because libfribidi doesn't
use SO (Shared Object) versioning. The cure is usually to rebuild
abiword with the latest fribidi dev package.

This should not be an issue for Debian as libfribidi wasn't updated for
a long time now. What versions are you using? Did you rebuild any of the
packages or used an unofficial build/package?

Sorry for not responding to your email, but I didn't see it. The best
way to make sure a contact is achieved is by reporting it as a bug, or
sending email to the team mailing list as Amos just done.

Baruch

> debian-hebrew-common members -
> 
> I found this mentioning a package we all probably use and a ping to Baruch
> which was never answered.
> 
> Can anyone help the OP? (cc'ed).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --Amos
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Adam Bogacki <afb at paradise.net.nz>
> Date: 23-Aug-2007 12:19
> Subject: [SLUG] Abiword craashes with libfribidi0 probs ...
> To: slug at slug.org.au
> 
> Hi,
> 
>         I recently pinned unstable and testing sources to my Etch
> 'sources.list' and updated frequently used applications, including
> Abiword.
> 
>         However, when I try to enter text it crashes with
> gnome-terminal error message ..
> 
> abiword: symbol lookup error: abiword: undefined symbol:
> fribidi_get_type
> 
>         I've emailed  maintainer of libfribidi0 < baruch at debian.org >
> but have had no response so far. From Googling around, I understand
> that it is a relatively old bug (circa 1975 ?) ..
> 
>         Can anyone suggest a fix ?
> 
>         I'm an almost daily user of AbiWord. Having temporarily
> switched to 'O.O.org Writer' I miss its usability ..
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Adam Bogacki,
> afb at paradise.net.nz
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Cheers,
Baruch