mkfontscale dumps core on .pcf, .pcf.gz or .bdf files:
(B
(B mfabian@magellan:/tmp/ttt$ ls
(B 10x20.pcf.gz 12x24rk.bdf core fonts.scale
(B mfabian@magellan:/tmp/ttt$ mkfontscale
(B $B%;%0%a%s%F!<%7%g%s0cH?$G$9(B (core dumped)
(B mfabian@magellan:/tmp/ttt$ strace -eopen mkfontscale
(B open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
(B open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
(B open("/usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
(B open("/lib64/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
(B open("/lib64/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
(B open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
(B open("./", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = 3
(B open("./fonts.scale", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4
(B open("./.", O_RDONLY) = 5
(B open("./..", O_RDONLY) = 5
(B open("./core", O_RDONLY) = 5
(B open("./12x24rk.bdf", O_RDONLY) = 5
(B open("/etc/mtab", O_RDONLY) = 5
(B open("/proc/meminfo", O_RDONLY) = 5
(B --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
(B +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
(B mfabian@magellan:/tmp/ttt$ mv 12x24rk.bdf ..
(B mfabian@magellan:/tmp/ttt$ strace -eopen mkfontscale
(B open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
(B open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
(B open("/usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
(B open("/lib64/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
(B open("/lib64/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
(B open("/lib64/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
(B open("./", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = 3
(B open("./fonts.scale", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4
(B open("./.", O_RDONLY) = 5
(B open("./..", O_RDONLY) = 5
(B open("./core", O_RDONLY) = 5
(B open("./10x20.pcf.gz", O_RDONLY) = 5
(B --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
(B +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
(B mfabian@magellan:/tmp/ttt$
(B
(BProbably it makes no sense for mkfontscale to bother with .pcf,
(B.pcf.gz, and .bdf files. mkfontdir already handles these files.
(B
(BMaybe mkfontscale should just ignore them?
(B
(BHere is a tentative patch which fixes the problem for me:
(B
(B--- mkfontscale.c.orig 2003-01-21 21:01:53.000000000 +0100
(B+++ mkfontscale.c 2003-01-21 20:58:50.000000000 +0100
(B@@ -346,6 +346,11 @@
(B if(entry == NULL)
(B break;
(B filename = strcat_reliable(dirname, entry->d_name);
(B+ /* bitmap fonts in .pcf or .bdf format should not be included in fonts.scale */
(B+ if(strstr(filename, ".pcf") ||
(B+ strstr(filename, ".pcf.gz") ||
(B+ strstr(filename, ".bdf"))
(B+ continue;
(B ftrc = FT_New_Face(ft_library, filename, 0, &face);
(B if(ftrc)
(B continue;
(B
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