Oops, I spoke too fast. ren...@openmailbox.org skribis:
> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/fontconfig-fcdefault.patch > @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ > +This patch replaces the use of macro PATH_MAX by *buf constant, > +which allows dynamic memory allocation. > + > +--- > + src/fcdefault.c | 2 +- > + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > + > +diff --git a/src/fcdefault.c b/src/fcdefault.c > +index 6647a8f..8e2094f 100644 > +--- a/src/fcdefault.c > ++++ b/src/fcdefault.c > +@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ retry: > + # if defined (HAVE_GETEXECNAME) > + const char *p = getexecname (); > + # elif defined (HAVE_READLINK) > +- char buf[PATH_MAX + 1]; > ++ char *buf; [...] > + struct stat statb; > +- char f[PATH_MAX + 1]; > ++ char *f; With these changes, the code compiles but will crash at run time, because ‘f’ and ‘buf’ are dangling pointers. We should instead use ‘01_path_max.patch’ from <http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fontconfig/fontconfig_2.11.0-6.3.debian.tar.xz>. (In general, for PATH_MAX issues, Debian very likely already has a patch.) Thanks, Ludo’.
