Ubuntu
foomatic-gui package

[Dapper] printconf fails to install

Bug #79435 reported by SteveG
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
foomatic-gui (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Pascal De Vuyst

Bug Description

Binary package hint: printconf

printconf fails to install with the following error message:
*** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x08179528 ***
Unable to read printer database. Please ensure the "foomatic-db" package is
installed properly.

This is a known bug reported in debian-bugs as #366254. Per the debian package maintainers :
"We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
foomatic-db-engine, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:"

This bug does not exist in edgy because there is an updated foomatic-db-engine package. However dapper uses an older and broken version of foomatic-db-engine.

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote :

Once an Ubuntu release has been completed and published, updates for it are only released under certain circumstances, and must follow a special procedure described here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates.

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SteveG (steve-fpig) wrote : Re: [Bug 79435] Re: printconf fails to install

On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 22:47 +0000, Pascal De Vuyst wrote:
> Once an Ubuntu release has been completed and published, updates for it
> are only released under certain circumstances, and must follow a special
> procedure described here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates.
>

OK, I would consider this a regression in functionality.

--
Steve Glasser <email address hidden>

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed since Edgy.

If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please follow the instructions for "How to request new packages" at [WWW] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#request-new-packages

Changed in foomatic-gui:
assignee: nobody → pascal-devuyst
status: New → Fix Released
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