Hello, under a stable Gentoo I got for dev-tex/luatex-0.63.0 : ... * QA Notice: Package has poor programming practices which may compile * fine but exhibit random runtime failures. * luatexdir/luafontloader/fontforge/fontforge/nouiutil.c:49: warning: attempt to free a non-heap object 'buffer' * Please do not file a Gentoo bug and instead report the above QA * issues directly to the upstream developers of this software. * Homepage: http://www.luatex.org/ ... Hope this helps. -- MfG/Kind regards Toralf Förster pgp finger print: 7B1A 07F4 EC82 0F90 D4C2 8936 872A E508 7DB6 9DA3
Hi Toralf, On 12/30/2010 03:54 PM, Toralf Förster wrote:
Hello,
under a stable Gentoo I got for dev-tex/luatex-0.63.0 :
... * QA Notice: Package has poor programming practices which may compile * fine but exhibit random runtime failures. * luatexdir/luafontloader/fontforge/fontforge/nouiutil.c:49: warning: attempt to free a non-heap object 'buffer'
That function is never actually called, but thanks for the report anyway. I'll add a small patch to get rid of the notice (pending ultimate removal of the entire NOUI code). Please tell me, what is the tool that generates this QA Notice? Best wishes, Taco
On 31 December 2010 Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Hi Toralf,
On 12/30/2010 03:54 PM, Toralf Förster wrote:
Hello,
under a stable Gentoo I got for dev-tex/luatex-0.63.0 :
... * QA Notice: Package has poor programming practices which may compile * fine but exhibit random runtime failures. * luatexdir/luafontloader/fontforge/fontforge/nouiutil.c:49: warning: attempt to free a non-heap object 'buffer'
That function is never actually called, but thanks for the report anyway. I'll add a small patch to get rid of the notice (pending ultimate removal of the entire NOUI code).
Please tell me, what is the tool that generates this QA Notice?
Hi Taco, these messages come from portage, Gentoo's package tool. I've put the latest release on my server: http://ms25.ath.cx/portage-2.1.9.25.tar.bz2 The message above is defined in bin/misc-functions.sh Regards, Reinhard -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Kotucha Phone: +49-511-3373112 Marschnerstr. 25 D-30167 Hannover mailto:reinhard.kotucha@web.de ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question, and the answer is NO. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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