Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 08:05:56 +0200 From: Robert Nagy <robert@openbsd.org> To: Graham Todd <gtodd@iciti.ca> Cc: chromium@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any attempt to print with chromium causes sigsev Message-ID: <20110527060556.GA21496@bsd.hu> In-Reply-To: <4DDED74B.10600@iciti.ca> References: <20110525195202.73393.qmail@wawanesa.iciti.ca> <BANLkTi=2iJuzuA_9Z6Tce2yoSug73wSO_w@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTinK3QVBsR7yR7r8LnZ1wyk=dfOrxQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110526214442.GA20235@bsd.hu> <4DDED74B.10600@iciti.ca>
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On (2011-05-26 18:42), Graham Todd wrote: > On 05/26/2011 17:44, Robert Nagy wrote: > >Hey > > > >You will need the following patches to be used on FreeBSD too for printing: > > > >http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs&m=130641001611270&w=2 > > > >You can get them at http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/www/chromium/patches/ > > > >Note that chrome only supports printing to PDF files therefore you won't be > >able to print to lpd. Only CUPS is supported, so you will also need to have the gtk cups > >module to be installed. > > Excellent! I just noticed printing does not crash chromium on > openbsd. Not sure why I didn't think to compare. > > PDF printing is great ... even a no-op is fine. It's just a pain > when chromium crashes just as you click to save/print your boarding > pass :-D Anyway, I will leave to FreeBSD port maintainer to apply as > they see fit :) > > These patches seem small enough to be reviewable (i.e. not like the > BSD "monster patch" I was told about in #chromium). Are they being > gradually accepted upstream. The patch review process seems fairly > serious so I wonder if there's someway to accept a large set of > patches and "catch up". > > I have some friends at Google and they are trying to get the patches in.
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