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pygame package

pygame causes freevo to crash on amd64

Bug #138430 reported by Adapted.Cat
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pygame (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: python-pygame

There is a known stack overwrite problem in version 1.7.1 of pygame. If you look at the SVN repository under revision 1004 you'll see the fix, which involves using Py_ssize_t instead of int. Without this fix freevo is a non-starter on amd64 platforms.

So, it's a known problem, with a ready-made patch upstream - should be easy to fix.

Tags: patch

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/pygame
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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report.
Attached debdiff should fix this issue.

Changed in pygame:
status: New → Confirmed
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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) wrote :

Thanks for your work Luca; it is very good, it applies and builds correctly.
Have you also tested that:

1. It indeed solves the problem of having freevo not-working on amd64 machines.
2. The patch doesn't break any other package on a sample of the applications (apt-cache rdepends python-pygame) that depends on pygames?

Changed in pygame:
assignee: nobody → dktrkranz
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) wrote :

I can't be definitely sure of this fix because I have no amd64 boxes to test it, but I'm confident because it has been applied upstream four months ago and no regressions have been discovered so far.

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Antti Laiti (pulk) wrote :

That patch worked for me. Freevo does not crash anymore on my amd64 machine.

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) wrote :

Antti, thanks for your comment!
Given that, I mark this bug as Confirmed.

Changed in pygame:
assignee: dktrkranz → nobody
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Uploaded.

Changed in pygame:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) wrote :

pygame (1.7.1release-4.1ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Build-depend on dpatch
  * 01_stack_overwrite.dpatch: fix a stack overwrite issue which prevents
    pygame from starting (LP: #138430)
  * 02_documentation_fixup.dpatch: fix URL to point to the exact location
    of the online documentation (LP: #134977)
  * Update Maintainer field in debian/control

 -- Luca Falavigna <email address hidden> Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:00:49 +0200

Changed in pygame:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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