[Pkg-fonts-bugs] Bug#656359: [Fontforge-devel] Segfault when pressing modifier/arrow keys if more than 4 points are selected

[Paul Flo Williams]

Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> Hi fontforge folks--
>
> over on Debian, we've just gotten http://bugs.debian.org/656359, which
> appears to contain a reproducible segfault.
>
> Some folks have suggested that it may be due to more recent versions of
> dependent libraries, but i haven't been able to track it down in more
> detail, i'm afraid.
>
> From Theppitak's original report, a recipe to produce the crash:
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> - Start fontforge and create a new font.
> - Randomly choose a first glyph to edit.
> - Draw splines with at least 5 points.
> - Select up to 4 points and press a modifier or arrow key. It won't crash.
> - Select at least 5 points and press a modifier or arrow key. It will
>   always crash.
>
> Any suggestions?

See if this one line patch is relevant, as it sounds familiar. This was
applied back in March.

http://fontforge.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=fontforge/fontforge;a=blobdiff;f=fontforge/charview.c;h=5e529185424e1dad2f66a1c29c6ceb706e1a315b;hp=ce84acec1dd9492954cc63e921d0f43aba691358;hb=38744f1f74ac88b1012585b9b1a6eb94818cc783;hpb=f17fa77717a1f19bb95eb9bc8c56be3c2c8ae95f



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