[pacman-dev] [PATCH] libalpm: don't FREELIST() deps in sync_prepare on error

[Aurelien Foret]

VMiklos wrote:
> http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/libpacman-proposed/sync_prepare_doublefree.diff
> 
>   as the data pointer is passed back to the frontend on error,
>   the frontend will alpm_list_free() deps
>   in other words: a double free() fix

I've reworked the code checking deps for packages elected for removal 
during sync transactions, and the issue is now avoided.

Thanks for the heads up.
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Aurelien