[Rd] PS driver crashes when no permissions (PR#8078)

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

This is already fixed in 2.1.1 patched: please see the resources the 
posting guide and FAQ ask you to consult _before_ sending a bug report!

     o	File creation errors in pdf(), postscript(), xfig() resulted
 	in a pointer being freed twice.	 (Reported by Matt McCall)

As the FAQ says

   If a bug has already been reported or fixed, please do not submit
   further bug reports on it.


On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 jussi.jousimo at ktl.fi wrote:

> Full_Name: Jussi Jousimo
> Version: 2.1.1
> OS: Linux
> Submission from: (NULL) (193.167.195.60)
>
>
> R 2.1.1 crashes when it is trying to write a file with the postscript driver to
> a directory, where the user has no permission to write. For example,
> postscript("foo.ps") gives an error message: *** glibc detected *** free():
> invalid pointer: 0x08a469b0 ***. The problem is at the PSDeviceDriver function
> in the devPS.c file on line 2357 (free(dd);), where the same memory block is
> tried to free the first time and then the second time at line 5138 (free(dev);).
> I'd suggest to remove the first free function.
>
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