Arch Linux

xpdf 4.02 will not launch under xfce (4.14 in my case) returning

[code]
xpdf: fccache.c:768: FcCacheFini: Assertion `fcCacheChains[i] == NULL' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)
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The issue was not present with xpdf 4.01 and has been noted as some sort of conflict with xfce-session.

This is not an archlinux bug also having been noted (at least) on slackware. See the upstream report: [url]https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=41895[/url].

The patch contained in the first post of that thread bypasses this problem by hacking out the FcFini calls:

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--- xpdf/GlobalParams.cc.orig 2019-10-04 22:18:53.406928421 -0400
+++ xpdf/GlobalParams.cc 2019-10-04 22:19:27.324927127 -0400
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
FcFontSetDestroy(fontSet);
}

- FcFini();
+// FcFini(); FIXME - hack to get this not to crash.
}
#endif // HAVE_FONTCONFIG
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I have rebuilt xfdf 4.02 with this change and can confirm that it launches; have not encounter any issues.

Basically a FYI to note the issue.