gtk+2.8.x and cairo

[Kurt Miller <kurt intricatesoftware com>]

Hi,

There is a rather significant cairo bug that can cause all gtk+2 based 
apps to sefault upon startup in some X server setups. The problem can 
be seen across archs (sparc/sparc64/macppc/i386) and OS's and seems to 
be easist to reproduce when the X server is at Depth 8. 

I know this is a cairo bug, but it effects all gtk+2.8.x based 
applications when a machine happens to be configured such that the bug 
it hit. In some cases it is not possible to configure the X server to 
avoid the bug, so it makes all gtk+2 apps not useable.

I'm writing this list in an attempt to raise awareness of the bug.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4505

Thanks,
-Kurt