Fontconfig - Aug 2008 - QT4.3 application crash in fontconfig 2.2.3 on Solaris

My QT application crashes on Solaris 10 in the fontconfig library:

[1] FcPatternFindElt(0xf0ce78, 0xff154c40, 0x0, 0x2, 0xffbfa9b0,
 0x414e4753), at 0xff14607
[2] FcFontSetMatch(0xffbfaa78, 0xffbfa918, 0xffbfa928, 0x1086598,
 0xe9fd88, 0xff166000), at 0xff14112c
[3] FcFontMatch(0xe2c500, 0x1086598, 0xffbfab0c, 0xff1327bc, 0x0,
 0xff166000), at 0xff141d40
[4] tryPatternLoad(0x111a4e0, 0x0, 0xffbfac60, 0x0, 0x42a,
 0x1086598), at 0x5bbec0
[5] loadFc(0x122b098, 0x0, 0xffbfac60, 0x5c400, 0x1, 0x80000000),
 at 0x5bc2bc
[6] QFontDatabase::load(0x122b098, 0x0, 0x0, 0x19800, 0xffbfac38,
 0xffbfac60), at 0x5bd9cc
[7] QFontMetricsF::boundingRect(0xffbfae88, 0x122b098, 0x0,
 0xcd4988,

The fontconfig version is 2.2.3 according to /usr/include/fontconfig

I want to try if Fontconfig 2.4.2 solves the problem.
The INSTALL file suggest:
      ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man

Is this correct for Solaris 10 or do I need to use other options as well?

Henk Jan

Henk Jan Priester wrote:
> My QT application crashes on Solaris 10 in the fontconfig library:
> 
> The fontconfig version is 2.2.3 according to /usr/include/fontconfig
Fontconfig 2.5.0 is available for Solaris 10 as a patch from SunSolve.
(SPARC: 138352-02, x86: 138353-02).
> I want to try if Fontconfig 2.4.2 solves the problem.
> The INSTALL file suggest:
>       ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
> 
> Is this correct for Solaris 10 or do I need to use other options as well?
The options we use to configure 2.5.0 for Solaris 10 include:
	--enable-shared=yes --enable-static=no \
	--with-expat-includes=/usr/sfw/include \
        --with-expat-lib=/usr/sfw/lib --prefix=/usr \
        --with-confdir=/etc/fonts --with-cache-dir=/var/cache/fontconfig \
        --with-default-fonts=/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts


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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering

2008/8/27 Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith at
sun.com>:
> Henk Jan Priester wrote:
>> My QT application crashes on Solaris 10 in the fontconfig library:
>>
>> The fontconfig version is 2.2.3 according to /usr/include/fontconfig
>
> Fontconfig 2.5.0 is available for Solaris 10 as a patch from SunSolve.
> (SPARC: 138352-02, x86: 138353-02).
>
>> I want to try if Fontconfig 2.4.2 solves the problem.
>> The INSTALL file suggest:
>>       ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr
--mandir=/usr/share/man
>>
>> Is this correct for Solaris 10 or do I need to use other options as
well?
>
> The options we use to configure 2.5.0 for Solaris 10 include:
>        --enable-shared=yes --enable-static=no \
>        --with-expat-includes=/usr/sfw/include \
>        --with-expat-lib=/usr/sfw/lib --prefix=/usr \
>        --with-confdir=/etc/fonts --with-cache-dir=/var/cache/fontconfig \
>        --with-default-fonts=/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts
Alan,

I compiled the fontconfig 2.5.0 with these option and
used LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to the new library when running my program
and it does not crash anymore.
First time it took a bit longer to start the application and there are a few
console messages about the old config files.
Fontconfig warning: line 660: unknown element "poor"
Fontconfig warning: line 662: unknown element "lang"
Fontconfig warning: no <cachedir> elements found. Check configuration.
Fontconfig warning: adding
<cachedir>/var/cache/fontconfig</cachedir>
Fontconfig warning: adding <cachedir>~/.fontconfig</cachedir>

I have seen the official patch include a new config file. I did some testing and
it works fine.
Thanks for your help.

Henk Jan





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> --
>        -Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
>         Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>
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