Problems in Linux

This section contains information about inconsistencies of various Linux upstream components (mainly libraries) with the Linux Standard Base (LSB) standard. Other errors and improvement proposals are also reported.

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No.TypeBriefAdded onAcceptedStatus
S0817 Crash Segmentation fault in FT_Done_FreeType when using a custom renderer module 2009-10-12 Freetype bug tracker, ticket #27648 Fixed in freetype 2.3.13
S0797 Crash Operations with some Type 42 fonts cause invalid free() 2009-05-18 Freetype2 Bug Tracker, #26600 Fixed in freetype 2.3.10
V0031 Inconsistency FT_Get_PFR_Metrics returns incorrect value for non-PFR fonts 2009-01-20 freetype-devel mailing list, #49, 2008.12 Fixed in freetype 2.3.8
V0030 Crash Calling FT_Get_PFR_Metrics for a non-PFR font causes segmentation fault 2009-01-20 freetype-devel mailing list, #49, 2008.12 Reported
V0020 Inconsistency FT_Bitmap_Convert does not handle pixel modes FT_PIXEL_MODE_LCD and FT_PIXEL_MODE_LCD_V 2009-01-19 freetype-devel mailing list, #2, 2009.01 Fixed in freetype 2.3.8
V0028 Inconsistency FT_Get_MM_Var returns incorrect default values for design coordinates 2008-11-26 freetype-devel mailing list, #26, 2008.11 Fixed in freetype 2.3.8
V0019 Inconsistency Inconsistent behaviour of FT_OpenType_Validate with different validation flags 2008-11-26 freetype-devel mailing list, #00, 2008.12 Fixed in freetype 2.3.8
V0017 Inconsistency FT_Get_Name_Index returns 0 instead of a glyph index 2008-11-26 freetype-devel mailing list, #42, 2009.01 Fixed in freetype 2.3.9
V0016 Inconsistency FT_Get_PS_Font_Private returns wrong unique_id values 2008-11-26 freetype-devel mailing list, #17, 2009.01 Fixed in freetype 2.3.8