Subject: Re: pdf viewers?
To: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/13/1999 21:25:56
On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, David Brownlee wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Kazuyoshi Kato (kaz-k) wrote:
> 
> >   I've been using xpdf(forget where I got from, probably somewhere at
> > linux site(debian) or x.org) without any critical problems so far,
> > though it's required "working" XPolygonRegion() which does _not_ come
> > with distributed X libs, due to the infamous gcc optimization bug.
> >   So you need to get working XPolygonRegion() first.(rebuild X libs with
> > -O option, instead of -O2)
> 
> 	Does it affect all the libraries or just one? If someone wants to
> 	send me a copy of the fixed library I can put it up on
> 	ftp.netbsd.org and link to it from the web pages.
> 
> 	Presumably it is fixed in -current with egcs - can anyone confirm
> 	that one way or the other?

I had identified a few pdfs that would always cause xpdf to dump core,
but after dowloading and installing the Dec. 24 snapshot, and
rebuilding xpdf, the problem is gone.

If you'd like to verify your build, one of the critical cases is
available on the web,
<http://www.apple.com/macosx/pdf/macosxserver-a.pdf>.