Item8488: Ploticus 2.32 segfaults on Gentoo Linux

Priority:	CurrentState:	AppliesTo:	Component:	WaitingFor:
Low	Closed	Extension	EasyTimelinePlugin

• Gentoo Linux 2.6.24-gentoo-r4
• ploticus 2.32 (unix)

Ploticus 2.32 segfaults attempting to render the Icelandic Heritage Example and Windows Versions Example. (I didn't try the others.)

>/usr/bin/pl -debug  -png -o /tmp/EasyTimelinePlugin20246.png /tmp/EasyTimeline.txt.20246

Got command line arg(s): -png
Got command line arg(s): -o  /tmp/EasyTimelinePlugin20246.png
Got command line arg(s): /tmp/EasyTimeline.txt.20246
Device code is g
Setting output file name to /tmp/EasyTimelinePlugin20246.png
Version: pl 2.32
Script file is: /tmp/EasyTimeline.txt.20246
Script file successfully opened
Executing settings
Executing page
Segmentation fault
>

Updating to the latest 2.41 version of Ploticus solved the problem. The plugin dependencies probably need to be updated to something other than ">0". I don't know if 2.33 or 2.40 would be sufficient but 2.41 does work.

-- BryanThale - 09 Feb 2010

I have also only had experience with 2.41, although I do see an old install of 2.33 so perhaps that caused problems too.

I will update the docs stating for 2.41 is known to work, and others may work but are untested.

Thanks for all you recent bug reports, we appreciate them!

-- AndrewJones - 11 Feb 2010