bug (and possible fix) in 2.5 for epsonc driver

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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:27

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I noticed a problem (core dump) in 2.4.1 when generating multi-page
output using the gdevepsc.c (epsonc) driver.  I tried 2.5, and the problem
was still there, so I went after it with purify (wonderful tool) and
discovered that some of the buffers were being overrun by small amounts
(1-2 bytes).  I didn't analyze things close enough to understand exactly
what the problem is, but I "fixed" it by adding 8 to the size of the buffers
being allocated (i.e. add 8 to the size for all 3 calls to gs_malloc()
in gdevepsc.c).  Sorry for not being more analytical about it, but figured
I should at least report what I found.  ...Tim Thompson...tjt@blink.att.com...

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