segmentation fault in freetype
Specs:
debian wheezy(testing)
VLC media player 2.0.4 Twoflower (revision 2.0.3-289-g6e6100a) compiled with debian official repository libraries.
What happens:
When running some portions of a mkv video or starting some videos vlc crashes and with a segmentation fault. The error is repeatable and deterministic.
Back trace:
Details:
Upon getting the error I tried using irc to ask for solutions. The user funman directed me into installing vlc from source with debug symbols as to get a backtrace. After posting the trace this is what funman replied:
looks like a bug in freetype ?
funman: the one I used for that gdb backtrace is from the source
which source ?
freetype.c:1793 is 'return p_face; [11:50]
VLC media player 2.0.4 Twoflower (revision 2.0.3-289-g6e6100a)
not strcasecmp(whatever)
:/
then again I compiled it with the libs provided by debian's repositories [11:51]
let me see
gtg [11:52]
ah [11:54]
msl09: maybe just misses an if (p_face->family_name), ask j-b
I was unable to find freetype.c in the source so I could not try to patch the file myself.