Re: [Devel] [BUG?] Applications segfault when accessing pcf fonts.

[Ronald Hummelink]

Keith Packard wrote:

> Around 3 o'clock on Aug 4, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
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> > This bug isn't related to the FreeType library but to Xft.
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> Indeed; it is simply a bug in Xft, and has not been fixed in any release.
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> I assume the application is passing an FT_Face object directly to Xft 
> instead of a file name; that would explain the crash quite nicely.
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> Please try the CVS version of Xft (from http://xlibs.freedesktop.org) and 
> see if it still crashes...
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> -keith
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This fixes the issue. Thanks for y'alls time; next time i'll know a bit 
better how to work the bugs...

Ronald