• Bug#1109199: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin: gthumb fails to launch

    From Arthur Marsh@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 13 12:50:01 2025
    Package: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin
    Version: 2.42.12+dfsg-4
    Severity: important

    Dear Maintainer,

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    * What led up to the situation?

    upgrading the libgdk-pixbuf related packages to 2.42.12+dfsg-4

    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
    ineffective)?

    downgrading all related packages to 2.42.12+dfsg-3 and restarting
    desktop session enabled gthumb to launch

    * What was the outcome of this action?
    * What outcome did you expect instead?

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    -- System Information:
    Debian Release: 13.0
    APT prefers experimental
    APT policy: (1, 'experimental')
    Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

    Kernel: Linux 6.16.0-rc5+ (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
    Kernel taint flags: TAINT_USER
    Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
    Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

    Versions of packages libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin depends on:
    ii libc6 2.41-9
    ii libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.12+dfsg-3
    ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.84.3-1

    libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin recommends no packages.

    libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin suggests no packages.

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  • From Simon McVittie@21:1/5 to Arthur Marsh on Sun Jul 13 15:10:02 2025
    Control: reassign -1 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
    Control: severity -1 serious
    Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible

    On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 at 20:12:05 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:
    gthumb fails to launch

    With what error messages? If there is a crash, please try to get a
    backtrace from it: https://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace

    What image are you trying to view with it?

    I can open JPEG and PNG images successfully with gthumb, using
    gdk-pixbuf 2.42.12+dfsg-4, on amd64.

    smcv

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