[Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

Fri Feb 5 18:31:47 EST 2010

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>       <pre wrap="">With a bunch of people running Ubuntu, why not just 'sudo apt-get
> install xastir' ?
> 
> Is the version shipped with 9.10's repositories lacking some major features?
>       </pre>
>     </blockquote>
>     <pre wrap="">Can't answer that as I don't run Ubuntu nor know what version of
> Xastir binary they have.
>     </pre>
>   </blockquote>
>   <pre wrap=""><!---->
> Because the Ubuntu repositories routinely stick at old versions.  
> 
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> I believe the last time I checked, it was still 1.9.4.  We're on 1.9.8 now.
> It is possible that they are at 1.9.6 -- if so, they bumped it shortly before
> the 1.9.8 release.
> 
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> </blockquote>
> The latest version of xastir in 'buntu is 1.9.4-3build1<br>
> <br>
> This url give a list of dependencies for the package in 'buntu 9.10<br>
> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/xastir">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/xastir</a><br>
> <br>
> The 9.10 packages list at
> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/hamradio/xastir">http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/hamradio/xastir</a> reveals the same
> information.<br>
> <br>
> There was a recent issue with xastir in 'buntu in that raster maps
> displayed as black tiles. Apart from installing the xastir package on a
> clean Kubuntu 9.10 installation to confirm the problem, I can make no
> other comment. I don't know if that issue has been resolved, nor do I
> know if it applied to 9.04, 8.10 or 8.04, the only 'buntu releases I've
> used. My previous experience with the xastir deb package was many years
> ago under Debian v3.0 (or was it v2.1) where it worked just fine.<br>

The bug related to GraphicsMagick and 8-bit Quantums has indeed been fixed.  It
was fixed between 1.9.6 and 1.9.8.

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