Re: IDL crash without warning [message #53529 is a reply to message #53465] |
Mon, 16 April 2007 08:42  |
GNWIII
Messages: 1 Registered: April 2007
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On Apr 11, 3:28 pm, b...@kaifler.net wrote:
>> I have the same problem.... I am using Fedora Core 6. Indeed, it was
>> working well until this morning (or a bit earlier, I might not have
>> noticed!), when I did an update of Xorg-X11....
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>> Build Date: 08 April 2007
>> Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-47.8.fc6
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>> Before the update, it was:
>> Build Date: 28 February 2007
>> Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-47.7.fc6
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> It seems to be indeed a problem with the x-server. IDL is doing fine
> on a Debian box (sarge) which was not updated the last 3 weeks. As
> soon as I have time, I will revert to the old version of xorg-x11-
> server.
Just to be clear -- the changes to libX11 that expose this bug were
simple sanity tests on arguments. A number of programs broke
because they were mistakenly using "insane" arguments, so in all
likelihood the real problem is in idl. Not everyone will be
comfortable removing a security patch. GDL may be useful to
people who don't want to reverse the updates.
--
George N. White III
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