[Bug 122296] Re: kate in kde 3.5.7 distributed by kubuntu for feisty crashes

[sergio.callegari]

Please,

before changing the status to fix-released, since this bug was first
reported for feisty that is still the official stable kubuntu, can you
make an updated package available for feisty? Understand that kate, as a
kde application, has tons of build dependencies, so for most it is not
really an option to get the kate-3.5.7 source package, patch it, and
rebuild it.

Just in case the feisty updated package is not released, let me offer a
couple of workarounds for those who might have installed kde-3.5.7 and
now have a crashing kate:

Workaround #1:
- apparently you can install kate-3.5.6 alongside with kde-3.5.7 so downgrading just kate to 3.5.6 will give you back a working kate.  The funny thing is that this working kate will pretend to be part of kde 3.5.7.

Workaround #2:
- with the above, if you keep the kde-3.5.7 repo in the apt sources.list (to get updates if any) you will get the adept notifier always on, telling you that there are updated packages available.  To avoid it, you can unpack the kate-3.5.6 package with ar, edit its control file to bump up the rev number, pack it again with ar and install it.

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kate in kde 3.5.7 distributed by kubuntu for feisty crashes
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