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From: Alain Didierjean <alain.didierjean@××××.fr>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xfig won't compile
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:01:35
Message-Id: 856783893.481902478.1354355976426.JavaMail.root@zimbra59-e10.priv.proxad.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] xfig won't compile by Alain Didierjean
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2 > De: "Alain Didierjean" <alain.didierjean@××××.fr>
3 > À: gentoo-user@l.g.o
4 > Envoyé: Vendredi 30 Novembre 2012 10:00:27
5 > Objet: Re: [gentoo-user] xfig won't compile
6 >
7 >
8 >
9 > ----- Mail original -----
10 > > De: "Peter Weilbacher" <newsspam@××××××××××.org>
11 > > À: gentoo-user@l.g.o
12 > > Envoyé: Vendredi 30 Novembre 2012 09:54:07
13 > > Objet: Re: [gentoo-user] xfig won't compile
14 > >
15 > > On 2012-11-27 12:34, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:
16 > > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:20:02PM +0100, Alain Didierjean wrote:
17 > > >> I cannot emerge xfig. Both versions (amd64 & ~amd64) return that
18 > > >> informative message:
19 > > >>
20 > > >> * Messages for package media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5b-r2:
21 > > [...]
22 > > >> So:
23 > > >> - known bug ?
24 > > >> - tip available ?
25 > > >> or should I fill a bug report ?
26 > >
27 > > [...]
28 > >
29 > > > Otherwise you could file a bugreport (where you should attach the
30 > > > build.log nonetheless)
31 > >
32 > > There is <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405475>.
33 > > Peter.
34 >
35 > Thanks, Peter, I'll check that.
36 > As for you, Hinnerk, your method is OK, but as for me, when that type
37 > of problem arises, I first check on this list if it is a known
38 > problem, eventually with a work around. Then I check for an existing
39 > bug report, then I fill abug report if necessary.
40 >
41
42 As a conclusion: the link provided by Peter lead to the description of the bug I had noticed and to a quick and dirty patch allowing me to print a big fat LyX document with a lot of .fig figures, urgently needed by my students. Can I ask for anything more ?