Subject: Re: [bug#76922] [PATCH v2] gnu: cairo: Add patch to fix regression when writing PDFs with fonts

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:28:56 +0900

Hi,

Remco van 't Veer <[email-masked]> writes:

> Applied patch fixes out of memory errors when writing PDFs with fonts
> in xournalpp and others.  See also:
>
>   https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/-/issues/870
>
> * gnu/local.mk: Register patch.
> * gnu/packages/gtk.scm (cairo): Add patch.
> * gnu/packages/patches/cairo-cff-dont-fail-if-no-local-subs: Add patch.

I've hit that bug too, it's an annoying one!  Thanks for looking into
it.  Your patch is fine, but I think we could also graft directly to
1.18.4 since it's a patch version bump and should be compatible with the
1.18.2 we have, per semver.

Reviewed-by: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>

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Thanks,
Maxim