[libvoikko] Workaround for a crash in libvoikko
Harri Pitkänen
hatapitk at iki.fi
Sun Nov 13 20:29:06 EET 2011
There appears to be a bug in libvoikko that can cause crashes in grammar
checker. Systems where Suomi-malaga 1.10 is installed seem to be affected by
this. Likely older versions have similar issues that just have not been
reported.
If you are distributing libvoikko + Suomi-malaga 1.10 and use the grammar
checker, please check if checking string "joustavaksi vastaanottamaan" causes
a crash for you. This can be done by pasting it in an empty document in
LibreOffice or running the command
echo "joustavaksi vastaanottamaan" | voikkogc
The actual bug is within the Malaga virtual machine. It seems to be the same
bug I was investigating a year ago. At that time I failed to reproduce the bug
in a way that could have helped fixing it.
Distributors that need a fix soon can increase Malaga heap size with the
following trivial patch:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/voikko/changeset/4051
I will try to come up with a proper fix and then release libvoikko 3.3.2 with
it. Unfortunately the real fix may not be safe and simple and thus this
workaround might be better for most of you.
Harri
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