pixmap crashes on startup in strlen()

This bug was fixed in the package pixmap - 2.6pl4-17ubuntu1

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pixmap (2.6pl4-17ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Fix sigsegv due to getenv not being prototyped correctly (LP: #248382):
    - add stdlib.h header file to PixEdit.c
  * Modify Maintainer value to match the DebianMaintainerField
    specification.

 -- Cesare Tirabassi <email address hidden> Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:31:32 +0200

motu-sru is subscribed to give clearance for uploading the fix to hardy-proposed:

1. The pixmap package sigsegv in hardy on amd64 arches.

2. The bug has been fixed in the release version (overriding the previous hack).

3. A minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package is attached.

4. TEST CASE:
A simple test case is defined here. **You must have an amd64 arch for this to make sense***

4.1 In Hardy, install the pixmap (2.6pl4-14.2) package with your preferred package manager.
4.2 Launch the application (for instance with pixmap from the command line). The application will crash.
4.3 Enable the hardy-proposed repository. For instance, you can do this by adding the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
  deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed universe
Update your local cache and upgrade pixmap.
4.4 Launch the application again. This time it should start with no problems.
4.5 Disable the hardy-proposed repository.

5. The fix is to add a standard header file, no regressions are expected.

WARNING: Any user willing to help with testing is more than welcome. Please be aware that there might be some time before the updated packages will be available in your mirror. The sru needs to be approved and the package manually copied by an archive admin, this may take from 1 to several days to be processed.

ACK from motu-sru.

Accepted into -proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

I can confirm that this worked on Ubuntu 8.04.1, 64bit. Here's a log, with me enabling -proposed, and upgrading the application and it then running OK:

vadi@ubuntu-laptop:~$ pixmap
Segmentation fault
vadi@ubuntu-laptop:~$ pixmap
Warning: Cannot convert string "Term" to type Pixmap
Warning: Cannot convert string "Excl" to type Pixmap
vadi@ubuntu-laptop:~$

+1
- using AMD64
- pixmap from hardy release segfaults at start
- pixmap from hardy-proposed starts ok
- I was able to make, save and re-open a simple drawing.

Thanks all for testing. We have the required quorum (including me) so I'm setting this as verification-done.

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