Crashes of command-line Inkscape happens when it exits too soon
before it can be properly removed from window manager's list of
applications it is aware of.
Glib 2.75.3 has removed GSlice allocator [1], which was permissive
about UAF issues.
Question is, "why is the command-line Inkscape registered in
such a list in the first place?"
There is mention of an option named "--without-gui" in Inkscape's
wiki page on "Using the Command Line" [2]:
The --without-gui option has been removed. Most parameters
trigger Inkscape to run without GUI by default now. Instead
enable GUI mode specifically using --with-gui if needed.
However, current Inkscape does *initialize* itself as a GUI
application regardless of the need of GUI.
Alternatively, Inkscape can be forced to run isolated from window/
desktop managers with bogus strings set to a couple of env variables.
After some tries and errors, these two env variables turned out
to be essential here:
- XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
- DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
Update Makefile and set bogus strings to them, which sounds a little
rough but should be better than ignoring error codes, after reverting
commits:
- c2f9a99366b3 ("Ignore error of unstable Inkscape")
- a01629a5f734 ("Make sure all PDF conversions are complete")
This change resolves crashes of Inkscape observed under Fedora 38,
Fedora 39 beta, Ubuntu 23.04, and openSUSE tumbleweed.
[1]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/1079
[2]: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Using_the_Command_Line
Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Makefile | 14 ++++----------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3875c52b..424a166c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ INKSCAPE := $(shell $(WHICH) inkscape 2>/dev/null)
ifdef INKSCAPE
INKSCAPE_ONE := $(shell inkscape --version 2>/dev/null | grep -c "Inkscape 1")
endif
-IGNORE_INKSCAPE_ERROR ?= 1
LATEXPAND := $(shell $(WHICH) latexpand 2>/dev/null)
QPDF := $(shell $(WHICH) qpdf 2>/dev/null)
@@ -267,10 +266,6 @@ endif
autodate.tex: $(LATEXSOURCES) $(BIBSOURCES) $(LST_SOURCES) \
$(PDFTARGETS_OF_EPS) $(PDFTARGETS_OF_SVG) $(FCVSNIPPETS) $(FCVSNIPPETS_VIA_LTMS) \
$(GITREFSTAGS) utilities/autodate.sh
-ifneq ($(IGNORE_INKSCAPE_ERROR),0)
- # Make sure all SVG --> PDF conversions are complete
- $(MAKE) -j1 figs
-endif
sh utilities/autodate.sh
perfbook_flat.tex: autodate.tex
@@ -455,6 +450,9 @@ else
include epstopdf-rule.mk
endif
+# bogus settings for preventing Inkscape from interacting with desktop manager
+ISOLATE_INKSCAPE ?= XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=na DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=na
+
$(PDFTARGETS_OF_SVG): $(FIXSVGFONTS)
$(PDFTARGETS_OF_SVG): %.pdf: %.svg
@echo "$< --> $(suffix $@)"
@@ -488,11 +486,7 @@ endif
ifeq ($(INKSCAPE_ONE),0)
@inkscape --export-pdf=$@ $<i > /dev/null 2>&1
else
- ifneq ($(IGNORE_INKSCAPE_ERROR),0)
- -@inkscape -o $@ $<i > /dev/null 2>&1
- else
- @inkscape -o $@ $<i > /dev/null 2>&1
- endif
+ @$(ISOLATE_INKSCAPE) inkscape -o $@ $<i > /dev/null 2>&1
endif
@rm -f $<i
ifeq ($(chkpagegroup),on)
base-commit: 0ecdabe67aae15f616e4a6ffeda8c4f76ff385ae
--
2.34.1
