Xforms applications crash after update of libx11-6
Package: libx11-6
Version: 2:1.6.7.1+deb10u2
Severity: important
Hi all,
( In the office, I use OpenSuse, in industrial production : Debian and (debian-based Raspberry OS) )
The program 'fdesign' ( from the package xforms-tool-kit ) is quite old and bases directly on the xlib.
( This package has been widely known as 'xforms' before this name has been kidnapped by W3. )
At the end of May 2021, after having updated Opensuse, this application crashes directly after the start on one of the first button touches.
I returned to the former version of libx11-6 and it works again.
I have reported this problem to Suse and it is solved for Open-/Suse products.
See : https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186643
The solution is at X.org:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/commit/ab2f59530b16bdfbf023b8e025c7c8aba3b6fd0c
( It seems to be trivial. )
I assumed, also on Debian, etc. there will be automaticly a correction,
but until now ( 21. Juli) there is none.
On 'stretch' and 'buster' , both updated, there is this faulty behaviour.
( Raspberry OS , following Debian, is doing the same. )
It would be nice to fix this problem and create an update.
Thanks in advance
Werner Heisch
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