[XeTeX] xdvipdfmx segmentation fault

[Rémy Oudompheng]

oudomphe at clipper.ens.fr (Rémy Oudompheng) writes:
> Gerrit Sangel <z0idberg at gmx.de> writes:
>> I’ve got the same problems, with a 32 bit Gentoo (x86). 
>
> This is because Gentoo sets FT_CONFIG_OPTION_OLD_INTERNALS to False in
> latest Freetype versions. There must be some code in xdvipdfmx using
> it. Other distros may leave it to True to preserve compatibility with old
> programs. 

I took libXfont (bug #6918) as an example, so this is a patch to avoid
accessing the long_metrics field in TT_HoriHeader, the metrics should be
retrieved by using the hmtx and vmtx tables. 

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It now works with the new FreeType, and I hope it does not change the
expected behaviour.

Regards, 
  Rémy Oudompheng