Re: packages which are broken after core-updates merge

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Clément Lassieur <address@hidden> writes:

>> Clément Lassieur transcribed 0.2K bytes:
>>> > icecat is failing, with new profiles, with old profiles. This can be
>>> > reproduced in a new profile by selecting 'Preferences > Applications'.
>>> > It should immediately crash.
>>>
>>> It doesn't crash when "--with-system-icu" is removed.
>>
>> Can you send a patch for this?
>
> Sure, but I'm not sure it is the right solution.  It would be preferable
> to use system libraries when we can.  What the other think?

This usually indicates that upstream forked the library (or that the
depend on this particular version of the API).  I think it’s better to
comment the configure flag with a FIXME and have a version of Icecat
that is usable than a version of Icecat that immediately crashes when
you start it.

In any case I think it would be good to file a bug report upstream with
information about the exact version of ICU that we’re building with.

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Ricardo

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