[PATCH libXau] Free XauFileName() static buffer at exit

[Chase Douglas]

On 04/20/2012 03:06 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> On 04/20/12 02:56 PM, Chase Douglas wrote:
>> On 04/20/2012 02:35 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>>> On 04/20/12 02:18 PM, Chase Douglas wrote:
>>>> XauFileName() may allocate and return a static buffer. The only
>>>> way to ensure it is freed is to deallocate it when the program exits.
>>>
>>> ...at which point it's automatically freed.   Is this just trying to
>>> silence some sort of memory leak checking?
>>
>> Yes. I'm running valgrind and trying to solve leaks. I realize this is
>> not a "real" issue, but it's essentially like a compiler warning.
>> Reducing warnings and errors helps highlight where there are real problems.
> 
> Right, just trying to make sure that I understood what problem you were
> trying to solve (quieting false positives so real problems are easier to
> find), and the patch seems to be a reasonable way to do that, so:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>

So libXau is listed as unmaintained:

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/doc/xorg-docs/tree/MAINTAINERS#n176

but I see you have been applying patches. Will you be picking this up? I
can apply it, too. Either way.

-- Chase