Bug 294260 - textproc/libxml2*: Unpatched memory leak, pulls in unnecessary dependencies for documentation
Summary: textproc/libxml2*: Unpatched memory leak, pulls in unnecessary dependencies f...
Status: Closed FIXED
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Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
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Assignee: freebsd-desktop (Team)
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Reported: 2026-04-05 09:35 UTC by Daniel Engberg
Modified: 2026-04-10 18:53 UTC (History)
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Description Daniel Engberg freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-04-05 09:35:38 UTC 
Reported a month ago and still unresolved
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-ports-main/2026-March/181699.html
Comment 1 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-04-08 08:23:11 UTC 
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=bef6f87fa11d50c200bd4768e0267648fd3660fb

commit bef6f87fa11d50c200bd4768e0267648fd3660fb
Author:     Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-04-08 08:21:38 +0000
Commit:     Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-04-08 08:22:34 +0000

    textproc/libxml2: Plug a memory leak with a patch from upstream

    PR:             294260
    Reported by:    diizzy

 textproc/libxml2/Makefile                          |  1 +
 textproc/libxml2/files/patch-catalog-memleak (new) | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
Comment 2 Daniel Engberg freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-04-10 18:32:09 UTC 
This only partially fixes the PR, documentation is still wonky.

https://github.com/diizzyy/ports-overlay/blob/main/textproc/libxml2/Makefile#L48

..or something along those lines :)
Comment 3 Charlie Li freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2026-04-10 18:53:49 UTC 
(In reply to Daniel Engberg from comment #2)
Next release. Not a big deal.