Re: [Devel] Bug in 2.1.4 - ttgload.c - segfault (list newbie)

[Werner LEMBERG]

[Sorry for the late response.]

> I use freetype 2.1.4 with fontconfig 2.2.90 and Xft 2.1.2 for GTK
> 2.2.3, Pango 1.2.5 applications.
> 
> I have a series of low-quality TTF fonts which are indexed by
> fontconfig and thus get used by Pango..GTK.  One of these (I have
> not been able to track the specific font file causing the error down
> yet) causes TT_Load_Simple_Glyph and TT_Process_Simple_Glyp in
> "./src/truetype/ttgload.c" to segfault thus causing any GTK
> application to segfault.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Our GTK/Pango applications work fine since the quickfix.  If this is
> a known problem, please let me know.

This problem is not known yet, and I'm rather sure that your fixes
are valid.  Thanks for spotting.

> Otherwise I'll try to determine which font actually lead to the
> conditions described above and publish an update to this posting.

Please do so.  Can you update your patch to the current CVS version
of FreeType?


    Werner