[Digikam-users] svn: crash when opening editor

[Daniel Bauer]

Hi Marcel, 

On Monday 25 February 2008 20.02:06, Marcel Wiesweg wrote:
> > So, something more I found out...:
> >
> > kdegraphics3 depends on libexiv2. If I just install libexiv2 (without
> > kdegraphics3) svn digikam runs. If I install kdegraphics3 digikam
> > crashes.
> >
> > Now I de-install libexiv2 but leaving kde3graphics installed (ignoring
> > dependencies), digikam runs...
> >
> > So, it is a game between kdegraphics3 and libexiv2 that makes digikam
> > crash. Each of the libraries alone is ok, but together not...
> >
> > Next I installed exiv2-0.16 from tar into /usr. That doesn't disturb
> > digikam. But now konqueror, gwenview etc. are missing libexiv2.so.0,
> > because I now have libexiv2.so.2.
> >
> > So I guess I'll have to uninstall exiv2-0.16 and reinstall suse's
> > libexiv2 0.15-8.2 again, which will crash digikam but leave me a running
> > system...
>
> That's exactly the kind of version mixup of libexiv2. Some KDE libs load
> libexiv2.so.0, and digikam is compiled against libexiv2.so.2. It crashes
> when loading so.0. For some reason the libs are binary incompatible, but
> the linker does not notice. Why this is the case I leave to others to
> comment (that means, I dont know).
>

I hope somebody will find a solution.

However, now I am heading for another job in Barcelona tomorrow morning and 
will be back on my computer next weekend to try new suggestions - if any 
arrive meanwhile.

thanks to you all for your help and work.

Daniel
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