VSCode: (code-oss:28525): Pango-ERROR **: 13:19:31.389: Harfbuzz version too old (1.4.2)

[Borys64]

System

• xuname:
  Void 5.8.16_1 i686 GenuineIntel notuptodate rrFFF
• package:
  vscode-1.21.0_1

Expected behavior

Starting a session of Visual Studio Code

Actual behavior

The editor no longer opens after a full system upgrade. I have harfbuzz and pango installed and updated to the latest versions available - to no avail. I have also tried removing the package completely and reinstalling it multiple times.

$ code-oss --verbose
node[28515]: pthread_create: Invalid argument
(code-oss:28525): Pango-ERROR **: 13:19:31.389: Harfbuzz version too old (1.4.2)

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Use vscode-1.21.0_1 on i686 architecture.

[Borys64]

Same issue occurs when atom-1.26.1_1 is used. I've also tried to reinstall pango and harfbuzz, but they're a prerequisites of gtk+3 which might put the system at risk of breakage.

[ericonr]

Hmm, you're probably out of luck. The vscode template has been moved to using system electron and it's on version 1.50.1, but it's broken for 32bit platforms. You can try to build it locally by removing the broken line, but I don't know what will happen. Since it's broken, you didn't get any updates.

I would recommend trying to download it from their official website, perhaps. Chances are it might be broken there as well.

[ericonr]

Either way, you could try updating the system as well. One of the notuptodate packages might be relevant.

[Borys64]

Okay, thank you for your help, I'll look into building it myself.