Re: [Devel] core in freetype2 code

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I was able to resolve this problem by doing the following in FreeBSD:
> 
> # cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig
> # make deinstall clean
> # make reinstall clean

This is not directly related to FreeType.

> I had suspected that the core dump in freetype2 was probably because
> of a corrupt font file or some such.  So I started deinstalling and
> reinstalling all the font related dependent packages and was able to
> solve the problem.

What do you expect from a library which causes a segmentation
violation?

> It would be nice if freetype2 did not core dump because of corrupt
> font files (I think I saw a comment in one of the freetype2 source
> files conveyed the same message. I don't remember which file.)

Please give more details.

> I would have thought that a "portupgrade -a" would have taken care
> of this.  That is what I ran after my cvsup and unfortunately it did
> not.

I think you are talking about a packaged version of FreeType.  In this
case you should complain to the package's maintainer, not to us.


    Werner