It works! Please try downloading this version:
(it was an error in FontFactory initializing the wrong font engine on Win32. Not FontInstance's fault)
http://troi.hous.es3.titan.com/~rjamison/inkscape/builds/Inkscape0409131227....
Sooooo..... who's buying the first round at the pub?
Bob
Bob Jamison wrote:
Re-built the reference lib , "libfontconfig-1.dll.a" so that it points to the correct .dll. The error was in fontconfig.def; it just listed "LIBRARY fontconfig," which caused client code to try to link to a phantom DLL, "fontconfig" with no extension.
But this does not stop the crashing in the presence of a <text> node. It is still in the same place as Thursday, in Freetype's base/ftobjs.c, line 789. Reproduction is simple. Just load "About" or one of the tutorials.
Uploaded another gtk24.zip, with this fix, and updated Makefile.mingw.common to use the proper link items. (Don't want another download? Help me fix this! ;-)
Also uploaded Inkscape0409131105.zip, so you can see the bug for yourself. Added gdb.exe to the distro, to help with backtraces.
Anyway, that is the current status.
Bob